Minot resident killed in car-semi crash

A Minot resident was killed Saturday in McLean County about 1 1/2 miles north of Falkirk, N.D., after a two-vehicle crash, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

The patrol said Casey A. Goldin, 23, Minot, was driving a 2005 Ford Escape SUV southbound in the left-hand lane of U.S. Highway 83 at about 11:40 a.m. Saturday. At the same time, Daniel T. Gooch, 23, Goodridge, Minn., was driving a 2004 Kenworth that was pulling a 2010 Wilson Trailer ahead of him. Gooch was making a left turn onto McLean County Road 12 when the right front of Goldin’s Ford struck the left rear dual wheels of Gooch’s trailer. The Ford came to a rest in the median north of the intersection. The Kenworth stopped with the trailer in the left-hand southbound lane and the tractor in a crossover facing southeast.

Siobhan K. Goldin, 23, Minot, a passenger in Casey Goldin’s vehichle, died at the scene, the patrol said. Casey Goldin and two children in the Ford, ages 3 months and 2 years, were injured and transported to St. Alexius Hospital, Bismarck. Gooch was not injured in the crash.

Siobhan Goldin was not wearing a seat belt. Casey Goldin and Gooch were wearing seat belts and the two children were in car seats.

The Ford sustained extensive damage, the patrol said, and the trailer Gooch was pulling had damage to its right rear.

The crash is under investigation.

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