ECKELSON, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say a North Dakota man was killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash while searching for his brother who had died in a similar crash minutes earlier.

The Highway Patrol says the two crashes happened about 10 minutes apart Friday night near Eckelson.

Authorities say each brother was driving an ATV to a farm. Forty-three-year-old Kyle Foster of Tucson, Arizona, was the first to roll his four-wheeler into a slough. He died at the scene.

His 47-year-old brother, Jeremie Foster of Fargo, made it to the farm and then began to retrace his route to find his brother. He lost control, rolling into a ditch, and died on the way to a hospital.

Authorities say neither brother was wearing a helmet and that alcohol was a factor in both crashes.

NDHP report

What: Fatality 

Where: Crash 1-6 miles northeast of Eckelson

Crash 2– 5 miles north of Eckelson

When: 9-6-19 Crash 1-around 7:30 PM

Crash 2-around 7:40- PM

Road Conditions: Dry gravel roads

Weather Conditions: Light wind, partly cloudy

Crash Involvement: ATV’s

Type of Crash: Roll Overs

Agencies Involved: NDHP, Barnes County Sheriff’s Department, Barnes County ambulance

Vehicle No. 1:         2014 Arctic Cat ATV

Driver No. 1:         Kyle Foster, 43, Tucson, AZ, Fatal

Restraints:            No helmet

Charges:             No charges

 

Vehicle No. 2:         2014 Arctic Cat ATV

Driver No. 2:            Jeremie Foster, 47, Fargo, ND, Fatal

Restraints:            No helmet

Charges:             No charges

NARRATIVE: On 9-6-19 at approximately 710PM the above two males left Sanborn each driving a 2014 Arctic Cat ATV.  They were traveling to a rural farm north of Eckelson. While traveling westbound on 27th ST SE, vehicle 1 lost control, rolling his four-wheeler into a slough on the south side of the gravel road between 106th and 107th Ave SE, which is approximately 6 miles northeast of Eckelson. The driver of vehicle 2 was traveling ahead of vehicle 1 and made it to the farm. Vehicle 2 then began to retrace his path from Sanborn to locate vehicle 1. While doing so, vehicle 2 was traveling north on 103rd Ave SE and lost control and rolled into the west ditch of the gravel road between 29th and 30th ST SE.

The driver of vehicle 1 was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver of vehicle 2 was pronounced dead in route to Mercy Hospital.  The crashes remain under investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol. Alcohol is a factor in both crashes.