THOMPSON, N.D. (KFGO) – A 26-year-old Little Falls, Minnesota woman is dead after a crash on Highway 81 south of Thompson Monday morning.
According to the Highway Patrol, the woman was a passenger in a car driven by a 21-year-old man. The two were heading northbound just before 11:30 a.m. when the car crossed the centerline and crashed into a semi traveling southbound. Both vehicles came to a rest in the ditch.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the car suffered non-life threatening injuries and was taken to Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. Both the man and woman were wearing seatbelts.
The driver of the semi and a passenger were also wearing seatbelts and were not hurt.
The Highway Patrol said there was blowing snow on the road at the time of the crash. The crash remains under investigation.
