FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is arrested for DUI after causing a chain-reaction crash on I-94 in Fargo during evening rush hour traffic. North Dakota Highway Patrol says 40-year-old Benjamin Hannig merged onto the interstate around 5:30 p.m. and accelerated, failing to see stopped vehicles in front of him. He rear-ended one vehicle sending it crashing into another…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A 29-year-old man is in the Cass County jail, accused of stealing a vehicle and fleeing officers in Fargo Tuesday morning. The Metro Street Crimes Unit contacted the Highway Patrol after finding a vehicle that fled from troopers last week. The troopers responded to a north Fargo neighborhood where a man was sleeping in the vehicle….
Incoming ND Patrol Colonel Daniel HaugenBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Gov.-Elect Kelly Armstrong has appointed Daniel Haugen as head of the North Dakota Highway Patrol. Haugen will replace colonel Brandon Solberg, who’s retiring Nov. 30 after nearly 6 1/2 years as patrol superintendent. Haugen has been with the patrol for 24 years. He’s been field commander for the agency’s southwest region…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper and Valley City Police officer both suffered minor injuries during an arrest Tuesday. The Highway Patrol says the trooper and officer were trying to arrest 48-year-old David Compson of Valley City who has a felony warrant for terrorizing. Compson resisted and assaulted both officers. Compson was eventually taken into…
MAPLETON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Two people were hurt in a crash two miles west of Mapleton that included three semis and an SUV Sunday night. It happened around 11:30 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 94. The Highway Patrol says a semi lost control on the ice and jackknifed. The truck went into the median with the trailer in…
MEDINA, N.D. (KVRR) — A man is jailed in Jamestown after assaulting a trooper and county deputy on I-94 east of Medina, North Dakota Saturday afternoon. The trooper responded to a report of a reckless driver around 1:30 p.m. 37-year-old Angelo White of New Town resisted arrest and began fighting with the trooper who then called for backup. A Foster…
CASSELTON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A 75-year-old man is dead and a 72-year-old woman was injured when their SUV slammed into the trailer of a jackknifed semi on Interstate 94 Wednesday. The crash happened about 12 miles west of Casselton around 6:20 p.m. The Highway Patrol says the semi was eastbound when the driver braked after seeing two other semis jackknifed…
FARGO (KFGO) – A North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper was hurt Wednesday morning while running traffic control for a tow truck on Interstate 29 in Fargo. The crash happened in the southbound lanes just north of 52nd Avenue S. Sgt. Kristjan Helgoe says the trooper’s vehicle had its amber lights on when an SUV rear-ended it, causing significant damage to…
WYNDMERE, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The Highway Patrol has released the names of adults involved in a crash 12 miles north of Wyndmere that injured five people including three children Friday evening. Tamara Eppler, 56 of Wyndmere, her passengers – a 7-year-old girl and two 6-year-old boys from Lisbon, and 56-year-old Troy Holsing of Horace were hurt . The crash happened…
BARNES CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A Valley City woman is dead after the vehicle she was a passenger in was hit by a semi near Sanborn, North Dakota. The crash happened after 8 this morning. The semi hauling soybeans was westbound on country road 22 when it hit the vehicle driven by a 15-year-old girl from Valley City at the…
