Victims ID in Mon 2 vehicle accident I-94 near exit 260

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a Minnesota man was killed at Jamestown when his pickup was hit by an oncoming vehicle whose driver had fallen asleep.

 
     The patrol says it happened Monday morning on Interstate 94 when 18-year-old Ashley Birkle, of Killdeer, was going east in a Chevy Tahoe, fell asleep, lost control, crossed the median and struck a westbound Ford pickup. 
 
     The 61-year-old Garfield, Minnesota, man driving the pickup, David Herold, died at the scene.
 
       Birkle and  35-year-old Matthew Schroeder of Dalton, Minnesota, who was a passenger in the pickup were taken to Jamestown Regional Medical Center, by Jamestown Area Ambulance Service, with injuries that weren’t life threatening.
     The interstate was partially blocked for several hours after the crash, which is still under investigation.

Previously…

Jamestown (CSi) Authorities are investigating an accident that occurred in the 8-a.m., hour on Monday on I-94 westbound on an overpass near Exit 260, that took the life of a 61 year old Garfield, Minnesota man.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, the crash occurred when the driver of an eastbound 2004 Chevy Tahoe, an 18 year old female, from Killdeer, North Dakota, fell asleep, lost control, crossed the median, and struck an oncoming westbound white 2012 Ford pickup, driven by a 61 year old Garfield, Minnesota man, who died of his injuries at the scene. The female driver of the Tahoe, and the passenger in the Ford, a 35 year old male from Dalton, Minnesota, were both injured and transported to the Jamestown Regional Medical Center via ambulance with non-life threatening injuries.

Their names were not immediately released.

The drivers of both vehicles and the passenger in the pickup truck wore seat belts and airbags also deployed.

The roadway was partially blocked for several hours due to the crash, which is still under investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol, Jamestown Police, and the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office reponded, along with the Jamestown Rescue Squad.