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Phillip Taggart, 36, killed, and Lacey Eckert injured in multi-vehicle crash at state Highways 22 and 73 near Mandaree, North Dakota

Modified Date: 
Thu, 12/03/2015 - 8:26am
Accident Date: 
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Weather-related 3-vehicle crash near Mandaree kills 1

MANDAREE, N.D. (AP) - A fatality crash has prompted the closure of a highway intersection near Mandaree. The state Transportation Department shut down the intersection of state Highways 22 and 73 north of Mandaree on Tuesday morning. The Highway Patrol says the three-vehicle crash was weather-related. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. One person died and another was critically injured.

One Killed in McKenzie County Accident

Eckert and a passenger were injured in the crash, which remains under investigation by the Highway Patrol. The semi driver was not injured. The Highway Patrol reports the driver of a pickup was killed when he slowed to turn off of Highway 22 onto Highway 73 and was hit by a pickup driven by Lacey Eckert of Durango, Colorado. Eckert's pickup was then hit by a semi headed south on Highway 22.

Authorities ID Minot man who died in crash near Mandaree

Thirty-six-year-old Phillip Taggart was driving a pickup truck that the patrol says was struck by a pickup that failed to yield at the intersection of state Highways 22 and 73 on Tuesday morning. He died at the scene.
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Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Weather Conditions
People Involved: 
Lacey Eckert
Phillip Taggart
Roadway: 
state Highways 22 and 73
City: 
Mandaree, ND
County: 
McKenzie County, ND
Area: 
Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson, ND

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