MANDAN, N.D. (KFGO) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol has released the names of two women involved in a fatal head-on crash south of Mandan Thursday morning.
According to the Highway Patrol, around 9:30 a.m., 46-year-old Melissa Kilzer from Bentley, North Dakota was traveling north on Highway 6 when her SUV crossed into the southbound lane and crashed into an SUV driven by 69-year-old Sandra Kraft of Bismarck.
Both women were taken by ambulance to Sanford in Bismarck where Kraft was pronounced dead. Kilzer suffered serious injuries in the crash.
The Highway Patrol said the highway was snow- and ice-covered at the time of the crash.
The crash remains under investigation.
