Bismarck man dies, four injured in I-94 rollover near Jamestown

A 48-year-old Bismarck man was killed and four other people, including three children, were injured Sunday evening when a 1998 Chevrolet S10 rolled on Interstate 94 about two miles west of Jamestown. North Dakota Highway Patrol investigators said the pickup first left the eastbound lanes, struck the median, returned to the interstate, then overcorrected again and overturned in the median.

The crash happened at about 6:38 p.m. on June 14, 2026, in a stretch of I-94 that has seen other serious crashes near Jamestown in recent years. Authorities said the driver died at the scene. A 30-year-old Bismarck woman and three juvenile passengers were also in the vehicle.

The woman and two of the juveniles were airlifted to Sanford Health-Fargo after the crash. The third juvenile had minor injuries and was taken by Jamestown Ambulance. Officials said no one in the pickup was wearing a seat belt, a detail that will likely be central as investigators look at what turned a lane departure into a fatal rollover.

Jamestown Fire personnel, Jamestown Ambulance crews, Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office personnel, Sanford Airmed, and Avera Careflight all responded to the scene west of Jamestown. The crash shut down the immediate area as emergency crews worked to treat the injured and secure the overturned pickup in the median.

For Stutsman County drivers, the wreck is another reminder of how quickly a vehicle can go from the shoulder or median back into a rollover when a driver overcorrects at interstate speed. The location, two miles west of Jamestown on eastbound I-94, is part of a corridor that local coverage has repeatedly tied to fatal and injury crashes, raising continuing concerns about high-speed travel, roadway recovery space, and restraint use.

North Dakota Highway Patrol reporting said the sequence began when the S10 left the roadway and hit the median before the driver corrected back onto the interstate and lost control again. That pattern, combined with the lack of seat belts, left one person dead and four others injured on a stretch of highway many local families use every day.