LISBON, N.D. (NDHP) – THE NORTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY PATROL HAS RELEASED THE NAMES OF TWO OF THREE PEOPLE KILLED IN A HEAD-ON CRASH NEAR LISBON IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. THE CRASH HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER 4 TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHEN AN S-U-V DRIVEN BY 66-YEAR-OLD KEITH WILLIAMS OF WEST FARGO COLLIDED WITH A FULL-SIZE VAN DRIVEN BY 22-YEAR-OLD VALERY SIABATO OF COLUMBIA. BOTH VEHICLES CAUGHT FIRE. WILLIAMS, SIABATO, AND A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL DIED IN THE CRASH. THERE WERE NO OTHER PASSENGERS IN EITHER VEHICLE.
THE VAN WAS OWNED BY RED WILLOW MINISTRIES IN BINFORD, NORTH DAKOTA. IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST, RED WILLOW MINISTRIES SAYS TWO OF THEIR SUMMER STAFF WERE ON THEIR WAY BACK TO BINFORD AFTER SERVING AT A DAY CAMP IN MILNOR.