NDHPpatchJamestown (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports a 46 year old Harwood man was injured late Thursday afternoon, after rear-ending a vehicle eastbound on I-94 near mile marker 257 at Jamestown.

The accident occurred at 5:50 when 46 p.m., year-old Michael Erstad’s SUV approached a pickup, that was traveling at 65 mph,  driven by  64 year-old Ricky Geier of Carrington.

Sgt. Tom Herzig  reports,  Erstad’s vehicle  rear-ended Geier’s, connecting both vehicles. Geier was able to maintain control, slowing and stopping on the south shoulder of the road.

Erstad was transported by ambulance to the Jamestown Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

He has been charged with following to close.

Jamestown Police Department and Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.

The accident remains under investigation.