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Worker killed in N.D. oil field identified

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) -- Authorities have identified a worker who was killed in western North Dakota's oil patch last week. The Highway Patrol said 40-year-old Eugene Norris Jr. was killed Thursday night at an oil well 10 miles south of Williston....

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) -- Authorities have identified a worker who was killed in western North Dakota's oil patch last week.

The Highway Patrol said 40-year-old Eugene Norris Jr. was killed Thursday night at an oil well 10 miles south of Williston. He was outside of his truck, filling a tank with water, when he was struck and killed by another truck.

The Williston Herald reported that Norris originally was from Illinois. He had been living in Dickinson.

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