VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – At about 10:55 AM Thursday morning on I-94, a semi rear-ended another semi, causing a fire.

According to Sgt. Troy Hischer with the North Dakota Highway Patrol, 51 year-old Lindsay Eastman of Dickinson became distracted when a passenger vehicle passed him. He failed to see a semi in front of him, driven by 57 year-old Dennis Hopkins, traveling at a slower speed. Eastman rear-ended the other semi, starting a fire in his semi after the collision.

Both drivers attained minor injuries from the crash and both semis were towed from the scene.