MANDAN -- Two young women were killed in a head-on crash early Saturday morning on the Bismarck Expressway near McKenzie Drive in Mandan.
A 2010 Dodge Ram pickup driven by a 28-year-old Mandan man was traveling east in the westbound lane of the expressway when it struck a 2002 Volkswagen Jetta driven by a 21-year-old woman from Dickinson at about 1:25 a.m., according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol.
Two female passengers in the Jetta, a 22-year-old from Lincoln and a 21-year-old from Mandan, were killed. Neither was wearing a seatbelt.
The Jetta driver, who was wearing her seatbelt, and the pickup driver, who was not wearing a seatbelt, were both injured and were taken to CHI St. Alexius Hospital in Bismarck.
The westbound lane of the Bismarck Expressway was closed for more than 4 hours. The road reopened at about 5:45 a.m.
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Charges are pending against the pickup driver. The crash remains under investigation.
