THOMPSON, N.D. (AP) - Authorities have released the names of two women killed when a minivan transporting residents of a nursing home collided head-on with a car in northeastern North Dakota.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol identifies the victims as 59-year-old Lynette Ysteboe and 97-year-old Alpha Flatten, both of Hatton. Authorities say the women were passengers in a minivan owned by and transporting residents of Hatton Prairie Village nursing home in Hatton.
The van collided with a Nissan Altima on Highway 15 near Thompson on Thursday morning.
Authorities say the westbound Nissan was negotiating a curve in the frost-covered road when it crossed the center line and collided with the eastbound van.
The drivers were taken to Altru Hospital in Grand Forks with non-life-threatening injuries.
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