NDHPcarCooperstown (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, a Cooperstown man was injured Saturday about 7:45-p.m., when he was struck by a vehicle while he was walking on N.D. Highway 45 while reportedly intoxicated.

51 year old Neil Fliflet was walking north on the west side of Highway 45 in Cooperstown.  He was not walking on the sidewalk

The report says 74 year old Elwood Ellefson, of Aneta, was driving a 2013 Ford F350 south on Highway 45 in Cooperstown.

Ellefson’s vehicle  struck Fliflet with the passenger side of the Ford.  Fliflet fell back into the curb of the road where he sustained head lacerations.

Fliflet was transported to Cooperstown Medical Center and taken by Life Flight to Sanford Medical Center in Fargo. His condition is unknown at this time. The crash is still being investigated by the Highway Patrol.

The Griggs County Sheriff’s Office and the Cooperstown Fire Department assisted at the scene.