Crash kills 2 outside Jamestown

Two people from Michigan died after a rollover crash east of Jamestown Tuesday morning, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol. The patrol said a 2006 Chevrolet pickup was pulling a bumper-hitch camper westbound on Interstate 94 at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, when it slid off the roadway into the water-filled north ditch about three miles east of Jamestown and rolled. The trailer disconnected from the pickup and both came to a rest on their tops.

Two people from Michigan died after a rollover crash east of Jamestown Tuesday morning, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

The patrol said a 2006 Chevrolet pickup was pulling a bumper-hitch camper westbound on Interstate 94 at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, when it slid off the roadway into the water-filled north ditch about three miles east of Jamestown and rolled. The trailer disconnected from the pickup and both came to a rest on their tops.

Driver Harold Mattmiller Jr., 59, Mendon, Mich., was wearing a seat belt. It was unknown if his passenger, William McGehee, 55, Kalamazoo, Mich., was wearing a seat belt, the patrol said.

Both were removed from the vehicle and transported to Jamestown Hospital by Jamestown Ambulance, the patrol said. They were pronounced dead at the hospital.

The patrol said the roadway was covered in frost at the time of the crash.

The pickup and trailer sustained a combined $50,000 in damage from the crash.