DEVILS LAKE, N.D.–The North Dakota Highway Patrol reported a fatal crash approximately 2.5 miles south of Devils Lake at 8:10 p.m. on Wednesday. A 72-year-old man was driving on 45th Street NE when he missed a curve in the road and drove into a ditch. The vehicle struck a large stump and overturned. The driver was pronounced deceased at the…
NEW SALEM, N.D.–A crash in Morton County on Thursday resulted in the death of a 16-year-old girl. The North Dakota Highway Patrol and Morton County Sheriff’s Office responded to the intersection of County Road 139 and County Road 84 at approximately 3:30 p.m. 22-year-old Brandon Spreen was traveling eastbound when his vehicle struck another another vehicle at the intersection of…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — A man is dead after he was hit by a semi while walking near Detroit Lakes. The state patrol says 57-year-old James Gunthorpe of Detroit Lakes was hit on Highway 59 and Brandy Lake Road. The fatal crash was reported around 5:45 Wednesday morning. The patrol says Gunthorpe was walking in the northbound lane of the…
NEW SALEM, N.D.–A Dickinson man died in a rollover crash in Morton County on Tuesday when his SUV left the roadway. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the crash happened at approximately 11:20 a.m. on Morton County Road 139. The SUV hit the ditch and rolled coming to rest on its side. The driver, 26-year-old Christopher Hageman, was pronounced dead…
CROOKSTON, Minn.–The Polk County Sheriff’s Office along with Crookston Area Ambulance and the Crookston Fire Department responded to a fatal crash at approximately 1 p.m. on Tuesday. A Mazda SUV was traveling westbound on 270th Avenue SW and failed to yield to a Freightliner traveling southbound. The driver of the freightliner, 57-year-old Robert Arnett of Silver Bay was uninjured. The…
WATERTOWN, S.D.–Police say the death of a Watertown woman who was killed in a crash is being investigated as a homicide. Authorities say a 16-year-old Moorhead, Minnesota boy was going more than 100 mph when he crashed into the woman’s vehicle in Watertown Tuesday in an attempted suicide. Forty-three-year-old Dawn Meyer died at the scene. The boy was taken to…
CENTER, N.D.–The North Dakota Highway Patrol identified the man who was killed after striking an animal on his motorcycle on Highway 200-A. Gary Dukart was traveling from Bismarck to Hazen when he struck an animal and lost control of his motorcycle. Dukart was thrown from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash remains under investigation. Categories:…
CENTER, N.D.–The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a motorcyclist has died after colliding with an animal in Oliver County. The collision happened about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 200-A northeast of Center. The patrol says Gary Dukart was thrown from his bike after losing control of it after striking the animal. Dukart died at the scene. Authorities did not say…
ESMOND, N.D. — The driver of a pickup died in Benson County after blowing a stop sign on Saturday afternoon. North Dakota Highway Patrol says the man failed to yield at an intersection on Highway 19, about 2 miles west of Esmond. His pickup was hit on the driver’s side by a semi. Both vehicles came to a rest in…
TROTTERS, N.D.–The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a teen has died after losing control of a dirt bike in McKenzie County. The patrol says 19-year-old Cora Wagner, of Lisbon, was killed Monday afternoon when she crashed on an off-road trail near Trotters. Authorities say she was wearing a helmet. Wagner was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash remains under…
