Flaxton, N.D : Two Texas man killed in a collision on state Highway 52 in Burke County on Friday, February 12, 2016

Authorities have identified two Texas men who were killed in a collision in the western North Dakota oil patch that involved three semitrailers.

The Highway Patrol says 54-year-old Lloyd Keller of Iola, Texas, was driving a semi that rear-ended a second semi and pushed it into a third shortly before 10:30 p.m. Friday.

The second and third semis were stopped behind a line of traffic at a railroad crossing on state Highway 52 about 6 miles east of Flaxton, in Burke County.

Keller was killed, along with a passenger in his semi - 46-year-old Fernando Miranda of Humble, Texas.

The people in the other two semis were not hurt.

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Authorities ID 2 Texas man killed in North Dakota crash



Flaxton, N.D : Two Texas man killed in a collision on state Highway 52 in Burke County on Friday, February 12, 2016