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GRAND FORKS — One person was killed and two others, including a juvenile, were injured in a rural eastern North Dakota crash on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
A 54-year-old Portland, North Dakota, man died in the crash shortly before 3 p.m. on Tuesday, about 7 miles southwest of Portland at the intersection of Third Street Northeast and 145th Avenue Northeast, according to a news release from the North Dakota Highway Patrol.
The 54-year-old man was driving eastbound on Third Street Northeast in a 1992 Ford F150 while a 2016 Ram 1500, driven by a 39-year-old man also from Portland, was traveling southbound on 145th Avenue Northeast, pulling a flatbed trailer laden with a seed tender.
The release said the Ford struck the Ram as it drove through the unregulated intersection. Both vehicles came to rest in the southeast ditch.
The driver of the Ford was pronounced deceased on scene.
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The driver and passenger, a juvenile male, of the Ram were treated and released with minor injuries.
No names have been released in the crash.
According to the NDHP, neither driver was wearing a seatbelt, but the juvenile was.
The crash remains under investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol, Traill County Sheriff’s Office, Portland Fire Department and West Traill Ambulance Service responded to the crash.
