DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — Names have been released in a head-on crash near Devils Lake that killed a woman. The highway patrol says 79-year-old Mina Eckes of Devils Lake was driving the wrong way on U.S. Highway 2 Friday night. Her vehicle hit a car carrying a mother and her 13-day-old baby head-on. The baby was not hurt. The mother,…
MANVEL, ND — The North Dakota Highway Patrol has released the names of a woman and child who died after their car landed upside down in the Turtle River near Manvel on Wednesday afternoon. 40-year-old Amanda Brantl of Mekinock, North Dakota ran off a gravel road and overturned landing mostly submerged in the river. 3-year-old Atlas Brantl was in a car…
GRAND FORKS, ND — A scare at Best Western on 32nd Avenue South in Grand Forks. Emergency crews were dispatched for a possible drowning just before one o’clock this afternoon. When they arrived a 4-year-old boy was being attended to by relatives and bystanders. He was awake and taken by ambulance to Altru. An investigation found that the boy was out…
GRAND FORKS, ND — A report of a drunk driver who almost hit numerous vehicles in Grand Forks set off a slow speed pursuit. The call came in around 6 o’clock Saturday night in the 4000 block of Walnut Street. Officers tried to stop 52-year-old Saha Darji of Grand Forks but he wouldn’t pull over. Darji, who had two kids in…
THOMPSON, ND — A Reynolds, North Dakota woman was hurt after losing control of her vehicle on I-29 and getting hit by a semi. The highway patrol says the crash happened around 3:15 Tuesday afternoon just south of Thompson. 30-year-old Jody Schall was taken to Altru with injuries. The semi driver from Lake Park was not hurt. The patrol says they…
GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. — The driver of a semi that crashed and spilled a load of hot tar has died of his injuries. North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the victim as 21-year-old Bradley Jackson of Woodlands, Manitoba. Jackson’s tanker truck left Grand Forks County Road 7 near Thompson last Wednesday and tipped over, spilling 6,000 gallons of hot tar….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A motorcycle driver crashes into a car in Grand Forks sending two people to the hospital. Police say 19-year-old Josh Human turned into a car at 47th Avenue and South Washington Street. Human and his female passenger were thrown from the bike and were both taken to Altru with minor injuries. Police say he will be…
TRAILL COUNTY, N.D. — A Florida woman has been charged after an unborn child died last week after a crash on I-29. 75-year-old Claudia Grace of The Villages, Florida is charged in Traill County with negligent homicide and aggravated reckless driving. The highway patrol say Grace struck the rear passenger side of a pickup and caused it to roll. 24-year-old…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Police in Grand Forks are investigating a possible drowning at a house. They were called out for a medical assist around 9 o’clock last night in the 2000 block of 11th Avenue North. First responders found an adult female was unresponsive from a possible drowning in an above ground pool. They attempted lifesaving measures at the…
HILLSBORO, N.D. — Charges are pending against a Florida woman after a crash on I-29 near Hillsboro on Sunday. North Dakota Highway Patrol says a car driven by 75-year-old Claudia Grace of The Villages, Florida, struck the rear passenger side of a pickup. The pickup went into the ditch and rolled. 24-year-old Tyler Bedney and 22-year-old Ashley Fontaine, both of…
