By Associated Press - Thursday, January 18, 2018

MANDAREE, N.D. (AP) - A Montana man has died in a head-on crash in western North Dakota.

The Highway Patrol says 59-year-old Robert Barke was driving a pickup truck southwest of Mandaree Wednesday about 6:30 p.m. when another pickup traveling in the opposite direction skidded on the icy road and struck Barke’s vehicle head-on. The Dutton, Montana man died at the scene.

The driver of the other pickup, a 19-year-old Watford City man, suffered unknown injuries. The crash is under investigation.



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