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FARGO, N.D. (NDHP) – The Highway Patrol responded to a two vehicle crash on Sunday, October 3rd about 10am near Amenia, N.D.

The driver of a 2015 Dodge Ram 1500 was 36 year-old Matt Kapaun of Amenia, ND, he was not injured. The driver of the second vehicle was 70 year-old Roger Sherrit of Blanchard, ND driving at 2005 Peterbilt towing a flatbed trailer hauling a combine.

The Highway Patrol said the Dodge was eastbound on Cass Co. Rd. 15 (28th St. S) from Amenia and approached Hwy. 18. The Peterbilt was southbound on Hwy. 18. Traffic on Co. Rd. 15 must stop and yield to traffic on Hwy. 18. The Dodge began to enter the intersection of Hwy. 18 and Co. Rd. 15 to turn left and travel north. While doing so, the Peterbilt entered the intersection and struck the front of the Dodge. The passenger side of the Peterbilt trailer, and the combine it was hauling, struck the front of the Dodge. After the collision, the Dodge spun into the ditch in the SW corner of this intersection. The Peterbilt came to a stop on the southbound shoulder of Hwy. 18.

Neither party was injured in the crash. Kapaun was cited for Failed to Yield at a Stop Intersection.