HILLSBORO, ND : 1 reported dead after 2-vehicle crash on I-29 near Hillsboro on Wednesday, 31st July 2019

The driver of an SUV that was stopped in the left southbound lane of Interstate 29 north of Hillsboro was killed after authorities say a driver attempting to pass a semitruck rear-ended his vehicle, Wednesday evening, July 31.

At around 4 p.m. a Toyota RAV4 driven by 56-year-old Barbara Kramer of Grand Forks changed lanes to pass a semi that was driving in the right southbound lane of I-29, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol. As Kramer passed the truck, her vehicle struck a Ford Escape driven by 76-year-old Norman Dronen, who had stopped in the left lane for unknown reasons, the patrol said.

Kramer's RAV4 pushed Dronen's Escape into the median and then went across both lanes, ending up in the west ditch, according to authorities.

Dronen, of Hillsboro, died from injuries suffered in the crash, the patrol said. Kramer was brought by ambulance to Sanford Medical Center in Fargo to be treated for her injuries.


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