MOTORCYCLE

Update: Motorcyclist in arrest video says police are unfairly making example of him

FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo Police released video of an officer arresting a motorcycle rider for reckless endangerment and reckless driving last week. The arrest happened May 28 after the officer saw the rider speeding down 45th Street S. The officer tried stopping the motorcycle, but police say the rider was speeding and lane-splitting. Later that day, the officer saw the…

Motorcycle rider flees following high-speed chase in South Dakota, Minnesota

(Roberts County Sheriff’s Office)SISSETON, S.D. (KVRR-KWAT) – The Roberts County Sheriff’s Office was involved in a high speed pursuit Thursday, but the person they were chasing got away. The chase began when a deputy attempted a traffic stop on a motorcycle on South Dakota Highway 10 east of Sisseton near the Minnesota border. The motorcycle fled at speeds well over…

AMVets Organize Motorcycle Safety Awareness Ride

The group left Fargo around noon, heading to Wahpeton before returning to Fargo in the early evening.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo Veteran riders and their motorcycle-loving brethren set off on a group ride to bring attention to motorcycle safety. May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, so Chapter 7 of the AMVets Riders decided to organize an outing for that exact purpose. Signup began around 9 A.M., with the bikers setting off for Wahpeton a little after…

Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride Rolls Through Fargo

The motorcycle event aims to raise money for men's mental and prostate health care.

FARGO, N.D. – The roar of classic motorcycles paired with vintage threads as riders hopped on their bikes to raise money for men’s mental and physical health. It’s the local iteration of the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride. The event began back in 2012 in Australia, and has since spread to 121 countries around the world. In the F-M area, bikers staged…

Motorcycle Crash Leaves Man Seriously Injured

The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the man was badly hurt despite wearing a helmet.

FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota Highway Patrol is providing information regarding a motorcycle crash that occurred in the afternoon of Friday, April 25. At 2:42 P.M., a 67-year-old man was driving his 2014 Harley-Davidson westbound on 32nd Avenue South in Fargo. He apparently took the curve improperly, causing him to crash in the west gravel ditch. The driver sustained…

Two injured in motorcycle crash in Becker County

BECKER COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — Two people are injured after a motorcycle crash in Becker County. The sheriff’s office says 58-year-old Curtis Hermanson, of New York Mills, was driving north on County Road 135, south of Two Inlets, Minnesota. When the road turned to gravel at the intersection of 285th Street, Hermanson lost control of his motorcycle. Both Hermanson and…

North Dakota Highway Patrol identify crash victim, third vehicle involved

The crash happened Sunday night in south Fargo

A crash at the intersection of 42nd St. S. and 17th Ave. S. (August 12, 2024/KVRR)FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Highway Patrol says 37-year-old Regan Gara, of Fargo, suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries after a motorcycle crash at the intersection of 42nd Street and 17th Avenue South in Fargo around 9:30 Sunday night. Gara hit the right rear…