One Person Identified in Fatal Head-On Collision Between Semis Near New Town

The collision happened on the Highway 23 bypass near New Town

NEW TOWN, ND — Authorities identify one of the two semi drivers killed in a fiery crash in northwestern North Dakota.

Anthony Gonzales, 29, of Hamilton, Montana was driving a semi hauling crude oil.

The state Highway Patrol says the fully-loaded semis collided head-on in Mountrail County early Saturday and caught fire.

The collision happened on the Highway 23 bypass near New Town.

Authorities say the other semi was loaded with frack sand.

That driver has not yet been identified.

Both trucks were completely burned.