February 17, 2026

Watford City man killed in crash north of Killdeer

Travis Bateman
Special to The Farmer

A Watford City man and his dog were killed in a crash involving two commercial motor vehicles (CMV) on Thursday, Feb. 5.
Kent Edwin Lukesh, 57, of Watford City, was identified through obituary information shared online from the Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home.


According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 5:45 a.m. Mountain Time on North Dakota Highway 22, at milepost 123.5, where the highway traverses the badlands south of the Lost Bridge.
 

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