Two arrested after crash kills two Mandan teenagers

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 17 Oct, 00:32 · Archive

Two 19-year-old men are arrested after a high-speed racing crash in North Dakota killed two teenagers on 2 October.

Two Bismarck men, both 19 years old, have been arrested after a crash on 2 October that killed two Mandan teenagers. Cameron Schestler was driving a 2011 Infiniti and Sidney Seidel a 2015 Chevrolet Impala when police say they were racing at high speed on West Main Avenue, passing other vehicles. Seidel had a passenger and an infant in his vehicle.

Schestler's Infiniti collided with a Chevrolet Equinox at the Center Street intersection. The Equinox's two passengers, Taylor Fisher, 16, and Benjamin Moch, 17, both from Mandan, died in the crash. The driver, a 15-year-old from Mandan, suffered serious injuries and has since been released from hospital. Police found no indication that those in the Equinox knew Schestler or Seidel or were involved in the racing.

Investigators determined that Schestler's speed significantly reduced the time available for the Equinox driver to react. Police said neither Schestler nor Seidel was wearing a seatbelt. Schestler, seriously injured in the crash but now released from hospital, was arrested and charged with two counts of manslaughter, reckless endangerment with extreme indifference, and aggravated reckless driving. Seidel was charged with child neglect, reckless endangerment with extreme indifference, and reckless driving. Both men were booked into Burleigh Morton Detention Center.

How it is being reported

• Two men charged in a crash that killed two Mandan teenagersBismarck Police have arrested two men in connection with a car crash that killed two Mandan teenagers on Friday, October 2, 2026.Kfyrtv · 17 Oct, 00:19
• Two arrested after crash that killed two Mandan teensTwo Bismarck men are under arrest after an Oct. 2 crash that killed two Mandan teenagers.KXNET · 17 Oct, 00:08

In this story: Cameron Schestler · Sidney Seidel · Taylor Fisher · Benjamin Moch · Mandan · Bismarck · North Dakota · Burleigh Morton Detention Center

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