One person dead after single-vehicle crash in western North Dakota – InForum

FLASHER, North Dakota – A Mandan, North Dakota man is dead following a single-vehicle crash that occurred at 8:20 a.m. Friday, November 1.

According to a North Dakota Highway Patrol report, Luke Walther, 19, of Mandan, was driving a 2008 Ford F150 westbound on State Highway 21 when his vehicle lost traction on the icy road near milepost 106, about a mile west of Flasher.

The vehicle left the road, hit a culvert and overturned.

Walther died in the crash. He was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the incident.

The patrol is still investigating the circumstances of the accident. Flasher lies approximately 50 miles southwest of Bismarck.

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