MANVEL, N.D. (KFGO) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the woman who died Thursday night in a head-on crash in a construction zone on I-29 north of Manvel as Jodi Hanson, 62, of Portland, Ore.
The Highway Patrol said the construction zone had restricted traffic with one lane each way. Hanson was traveling north in the southbound lane when her car collided with a pickup. The car ended up in the median and caught fire. She died at the scene.
The pickup was driven by Adam Molenda, 32, of Helena, Mont. Molenda and his passenger, a 59-year-old man from Clinton, Mont. were both wearing seatbelts and may have suffered injuries.