speeding

Look Out! Highway Patrol Has A New “Less Conspicuous” Patrol Vehicle

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Highway Patrol has a new weapon against speeders and aggressive drivers. This patrol vehicle has reflective graphics that are less visible in the daytime and is equipped with interior lights rather than an external light bar. They say the less conspicuous vehicle will make it easier for troopers to detect crash-causing violations such as…

2022 WE Fest By The Numbers From Minnesota State Patrol

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Minnesota State Patrol made more than 1,300 traffic stops during We Fest and 8 arrests for drunk driving. Eight minors were cited for underage drinking. There were also 6 arrests on outstanding warrants and five drug arrests. Sgt. Jesse Grabow says 440 citations or warnings for speeding were given with four drivers going more than…

Watch: Highway Patrol joins crackdown on Fargo speeders and street racers

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Law enforcement in the region are becoming more proactive stopping speeders in Fargo a couple of weeks after a town hall meeting addressing the issue. An airplane from the North Dakota Highway Patrol is being used to track down reckless drivers as part of the Fargo Police Department’s crackdown on speeders and street racers. “We’ll be…

Pennsylvania Man Arrested For Assaulting Fargo Police Officer

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police Officer Caleb Korb is recovering from minor injuries after being assaulted by a fleeing man. The department says Korb was trying to stop 23-year-old Preston Johnson of Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania for speeding early this morning. Johnson stopped at 32nd Avenue and 45th Street South and appeared to be drunk. While being arrested he fled…

South Dakota Attorney General got speeding ticket days before crash trial

Jason RavnsborgSIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota’s attorney general was ticketed for going 57 in a 35 mph zone just days before he faced trial on traffic charges in a fatal car crash last year. Jason Ravnsborg, the state’s top law enforcement officer, received a ticket late Sunday in Hughes County, where he lives. He was charged with a second-degree…

Number of speeders who exceed 100 mph doubled in Minnesota

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota State Patrol says there was “an alarming increase” in the number of drivers going 100 mph or more in 2020. Last year, state troopers wrote 1,068 citations to drivers traveling more than 100 mph.  That compares to 533 in citations in 2019, a 100% increase. The top speed was 153 mph for a citation…

Pregnant Woman Killed, 3 Injured in Minneapolis Crash

Police say drug use and speed are possible factors in the crash.

MINNEAPOLIS–Police say a pregnant woman was killed and three others were injured when a speeding vehicle hit a minivan and several other vehicles in Minneapolis. Authorities say police and fire department personnel worked for nearly an hour to extricate the woman, who was eight months pregnant, from the minivan Thursday about 11 p.m. Police say she and her unborn child…

Man Arrested for DWI After Speeding Past Clay County Investigator

The driver admitted to passing the investigator at 130 miles per hour.

MOORHEAD, Minn.–A man was arrested after speeding past a Clay County investigator on his way to work. The investigator was traveling to work on County Road 18 just west of Highway 19 when the driver of a black Ford Mustang passed him at a very high rate of speed. The investigator, who was in his squad car, had difficulty catching…