Published January 02, 2010, 12:16 PM
Collision fatally injures 2 ND drivers
HAZEN, N.D. (AP) — Mercer County authorities say two drivers were fatally injured when their vehicles collided on a state highway near Hazen.
HAZEN, N.D. (AP) — Mercer County authorities say two drivers were fatally injured when their vehicles collided on a state highway near Hazen.
Sheriff's Capt. Mark Schmitt says 31-year-old Jessica Merck of Hazen was driving east on state Highway 200 when her vehicle collided with a westbound vehicle driven by 67-year-old Sandra Kilde of Beulah.
The accident occurred a little after 6 p.m. Wednesday, about two miles west of Hazen.
Merck died at the scene. Schmitt says Kilde died at a Bismarck hospital.
Autopsies were scheduled. Schmitt didn't know whether alcohol was a factor in the collision.
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