Crash victim identified

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Roy Small, Bismarck, 48, died in a head-on collision Thursday near Mott, according to a press release issued Friday by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

As 28-year-old Delton Dietz of New Leipzig was traveling east on Highway 21 toward New Leipzig in a Ford truck he was following a snowplow.

Small was driving a 2010 Ford Edge heading west on Highway 21 toward Mott when the snowplow caused a large amount of snow fog resulting in reduced visibility, according to the release.

Small crossed the centerline in the snow fog and collided head-on with Dietz, according to the release.

Dietz’s vehicle entered the south ditch where it came to rest facing south.

The Ford Edge went to the north side where it came to rest facing south.

Small was not wearing a seatbelt and died at the scene, according to the release.

Dietz was wearing a seatbelt and was not injured.

Both vehicles were totaled, according to the report.

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