Update

BELFIELD (NDHP)   The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports  a Stanley man was injured when his semi carrying anhydrous ammonia overturned on I-94 near Belfield around 5-a.m. Friday.

Sgt. Ryan Duletski reports, the Freightliner Semi was traveling westbound on Interstate 94 near mile marker 46, four miles east of Belfield. The driver,  50 year old Dwayne Trahan, from Stanley, turned left to avoid a vehicle that had merged in front of it; entering the median. He steered right to get the vehicle back onto the roadway. The vehicle overturned and came to rest on its left side in the median.  He was transported to the Dickinson hospital where he was treated for serious non-life threatening injuries.
The Interstate was closed for approximately 4 hours with traffic detoured around the scene. No hazardous materials were released as a result of this crash.

The Highway Patrol was assisted  at the scene by:   The Stark County Sheriff’s Office, Belfield Police, Belfield Ambulance, South Heart Rural Fire Department, and Belfield Rural Fire Department.

The crash remains under investigation by the Highway Patrol.