North Dakota
Missionary from Ely dies in North Dakota crash
BEULAH, N.D.. (KOLO) -A Mormon missionary from Ely was one of two who died Tuesday in a crash in North Dakota.
Jacob Kesler, 20, was a passenger in a sports utility vehicle that crashed near Beulah, North Dakota, the North Dakota Highway Patrol said.
Robert Gardner, 20, of Riveron Utah was driving, authorities said.
Traffic was backing up due to a car fire and the SUV crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer rig. Both died at the scene.
Kesler served as a missionary since July 2022.
“It is with heavy hearts that we inform you of the tragic deaths of two missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in the North Dakota Bismarck Mission, as the result of a traffic accident,” the church said in a statement.
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