CARPIO, N.D. – The Highway Patrol is investigating a three-car crash in northwestern North Dakota that left a man dead.
79-year-old Evan Elvestad died at the scene of the crash Friday on U.S. Highway 52 about 11 miles south of Carpio. Authorities say Elvestad was northbound when his SUV left its lane and hit another SUV traveling southbound.
Elvestad corrected, but again left his lane and hit a southbound semi trailer hauling cattle. Elvestad’s vehicle came to a stop and caught fire.
The driver of the other SUV wasn’t hurt. The semitrailer driver, 73-year-old Herman Wall of Burdett, Alberta, suffered minor injuries.
