Driver who rolled pickup north of Fargo, then fatally struck by semi is identified

The incident occurred early Sunday on I-29, the patrol said.

July 10, 2023 at 2:25PM

Officials have identified a pickup truck driver who rolled his vehicle north of Fargo, was thrown to the pavement and fatally struck by an oncoming semitrailer truck.

Logan Barcia, 24, of Old Town, Fla., wasn't wearing his seat belt when his pickup veered off northbound Interstate 29 about 20 miles north of Fargo about 2:45 a.m. Sunday, the North Dakota Highway Patrol said.

A semi driven by Jeffrey Samples, 50, of Meridian, Miss., then ran over Barcia, the patrol said. Emergency responders declared Barcia dead at the scene. Samples was not hurt.

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