(Watford City, ND) — One person and a child are dead after a fatal vehicle accident in Watford City. Authorities responded to the crash at the intersection of Highway 85 and 23rd Street on Sunday just before 9 a.m. A semi-truck reportedly failed to stop at a stop sign when it struck the passenger side of a car and forced both vehicles into a ditch at the intersection. An unidentified 25-year-old woman and a five-year-old girl were both pronounced dead at the scene, as the 24-year-old man driving the car was airlifted to a Bismarck hospital. The truck driver was not injured, as the crash remains under investigation.
