Cd'A men die in North Dakota crash
From staff and wire reports | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 9 months AGO
WILLISTON, N.D. - Three men, two from Coeur d'Alene, died in an auto collision on Highway 200 in western North Dakota Wednesday night.
The victims from Coeur d'Alene were Donovan Puga and Ian C. Everett, whose friends and family remembered the young men with comments posted Thursday on Facebook. Both were working in the oil industry in North Dakota at Youngquist Brothers Oil and Gas in Alexander, N.D., near Williston.
The Coeur d'Alene School District confirmed that Puga graduated from Lake City High School in 2011.
According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, three men - the two from Idaho and the driver from Florida - were in a pickup that was struck by a semi. The driver of the pickup failed to yield to the semi at a McKenzie County intersection, according to the highway patrol.
The driver of the 2013 Kenworth semi, who is from Virginia, was not injured, according to the highway patrol. The semi struck the 2014 Dodge Ram 3500 pickup broadside, sending both vehicles into a ditch.
A highway patrol employee on Thursday night said more details about the accident are expected to be released today. Authorities closed the highway for two hours to clear the scene.
Those who knew the two wrote on Facebook that they were saddened by the deaths.
Desi Acuna described Puga as "funny, full of love, crazy and down for anything."
Haley Spivey, who lives in Austin, Texas, wrote that she went to school with Puga from the fifth grade through their senior year in high school and that she met Everett in college.
"Both men were just full of life and always had a smile on their face," Spivey wrote. "My heart is breaking for the families."
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