NORTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY PATROL

Vision Zero reports lane departure cause of more than half of North Dakota traffic fatalities

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Lane departure-related crashes accounted for more than half of the vehicle fatalities in North Dakota in 2023 and the traffic safety initiative, Vision Zero, urges drivers to stay within their lane to help reduce the number of crashes and fatalities on North Dakota roads. Single-vehicle lane departure crashes are especially common in rural areas and a…

Crash slows Thursday morning rush hour traffic in Fargo

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – There was a crash on westbound I-94 near the walkover bridge in Fargo shortly after 7:30 a.m. Thursday. One car was in the north ditch of the Interstate and a semi-truck a short distance beyond that point. The driver of the car tells KFGO News he was driving along when he was sideswiped by the semi. He…

Injury motorcycle crash in Fargo; Bike driver run over by camper trailer, hospitalized with serious injuries

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A motorcyclist was run over Monday evening while the eastbound lanes of I-94 between University Drive and the Red River Bridge were backed up because of road construction. North Dakota Highway Patrol says around 8:40 p.m. a motorcycle driving by a 39-year-old Fargo woman had just caught up in the standstill and had slowed down when the…

Jamestown man arrested for DUI after wrong-way crash on I-94

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A 39-year-old Jamestown man was arrested over the weekend after a crash on Interstate 94 in Barnes County. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says Skyler Holub was driving west in the eastbound lanes of the Interstate around 8:30 p.m. Saturday when he sideswiped a car and moving van. It happened about 10 miles west of…

Biker Injured During 9/11 Tribute Run, Highway Patrol Seeks Identity of Trike Motorcycle Operator

RANSOM CO., N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Highway Patrol is seeking a biker that was part of a Nine-Eleven tribute run this afternoon and caused another motorcyclist to crash near Fort Ransom. The driver of a trike motorcycle passed Monte Rodacker of Jamestown with a group of other motorcycles at a high rate of speed. The group suddenly braked on…

Deer Runs Into Motorcycle Causing Serious Injuries To Rider Near Fordville, N.D.

FORDVILLE, N.D. (KVRR) — A motorcycle rider from Inkster, North Dakota has serious injuries after a deer hit his bike. It happened Friday night just before 8 o’clock on Highway 32, about five miles southwest of Fordville. Highway Patrol says after the deer ran into the motorcycle, 69-year-old George Midboe was able to maintain control and come to a stop….