A 16-year-old Oakes girl is dead and five others injured in an afternoon crash Monday near Valley City.

According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, the accident happened around 12:30 about 5 miles south of I-94 on ND Highway 1.  The teenage driver was heading to Jamestown from Oakes, when she lost control of her car. The Pontiac Grand Am spun into the southbound lane where a van driven by a 79-year-old LaMoure man struck the car on the driver’s side.
The van’s driver and passengers, a 79-year-old Lamoure woman as well as a 55 year-old woman and a 59-year-old man from Jamestown, were taken to the Valley City Hospital. 
The teenage girl was pronounced dead at the scene. Her passenger, a 17-year-old girl also from Oakes, was transported to Sanford Medical Center in Fargo.

All drivers and passengers were wearing their seat belts at the time of the accident. Roads were wet with slush and snow cover.

The crash remains under the investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.