Mandan  (NDDHP)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol investigated a crash between a Morton County, Sheriff’s patrol unit and an SUV, Thursday, October 7, about 8:51-p.m. at the Memorial Bridge, on the west side of the bridge, in Mandan.

The report says the  2020 Ford Explorer Sheriff’s unit, operated by Deputy Damon Burkel of Mandan received minor injuries.

He was responding to a crash at the intersection of Memorial Highway and 46th Avenue SE in Mandan.  He was traveling east in the left lane of Memorial Highway and slowed to make a U-turn at the intersection just west of the bridge.  Before making the U-turn, Burkel deactivated  his emergency lights.  As he was making the turn, 18 year old  Naida Valandra of Mandan driving a 2019 GMC Acadia  struck the drivers side on Burkel’s vehicle. Both Vehicles came to rest in the east lane of Memorial Highway.

Valendra and her passenger  18 year old Kennedy Brunelle of Bismarck received minor injuries.

The crash remains under investigation by the Highway Patrol.