Update…

Stirum ND (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the West Fargo man killed Saturday in a Sargent County accident.

19 year old Zane Buchholz of  West Fargo, was killed in the head-on collision between a dirt bike and a utility-task vehicle about a mile and a half  southwest of Stirum.

The Patrol says  alcohol was a factor in the crash.

Buchholz was riding a Honda dirt bike that was not equipped with a headlight at an unknown speed north on 123rd Avenue Southeast at about 11:26 p.m., while 56 year old Clayton Hoffman, of Oakes, was driving a UTV at about 40 mph south on the same road.

Hoffman did not see the Honda in time to avoid a crash and the UTV struck the dirt bike. Buchholz and the dirt bike were thrown into the east ditch, and the UTV rolled onto its passenger side, the patrol said.

Buchholz was transported by Oakes Ambulance Services to CHI Oakes Hospital where he died from his injuries.

Hoffman and his passenger, 55 year old Julie Serfoss, of Oakes, were not injured in the crash.

The Ransom County Sheriff’s Office, Sargent County Sheriff’s Office and Oakes Ambulance assisted on scene.

 

Previously…

Stirum ND (CSi)   A two vehicle crash in Sargent County Saturday claimed the life of a 19 year-old West Fargo man.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the male was traveling north on 123rd Avenue on a Honda dirt bike at around 11:26 PM. The bike was not equipped with a headlight and the speed of the dirt bike is unknown. Clayton Hoffman, 56, of Oakes was driving south in a UTV when he failed to avoid the dirt bike and struck it head on.

The 19 year-old was thrown from the bike. He was transported to the Oakes Community Hospital where he died from his injuries sustained in the crash. Hoffman and his passenger, Julie Serfoss, 55, of Oakes were not injured in the crash.

Hoffman was taken into custody after the crash and charges are pending against him in the investigation. Alcohol was a factor in the crash.

The crash remains under investigation.