2 killed, 3 injured in interstate crash near Fargo
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Two people have died and three others have been injured in an interstate crash near Fargo.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the accident happened Sunday in a construction zone on Interstate 29 when a pickup truck crossed the center line and struck an SUV head on.
Both drivers were killed.
The patrol identified them as 66-year-old Ricky Allen Pender, of Moorhead, Minnesota and 27-year-old Skylur Herman Koch, of Fargo.
A passenger in the pickup and two others in the SUV suffered serious injuries.
The injured were taken to Essentia Health and Sanford Hospital, both in Fargo.