NDHP2Luverne  (CSi)  A 30 year-old Minnesota man was seriously injured after the semi he was driving rolled in a ditch south of Luverne on Wednesday April 27, 2016. 

The crash happened  one mile south of North Dakota Highway 26 on Barnes County Highway 27. 

 Barnes County Sheriff Randy McClaflin says the unidentified man was driving a semi-truck for Knife River Inc; hauling hot asphalt at the time of the accident. The company is working on a mill and overlay road project.

McClaflin says the semi rolled one time and then rolled back onto the driver’s side of the vehicle.

Fire and Rescue crews from Valley City and Hope had to extricate the man who was pinned in the vehicle.

Also assisting at the scene were the Hope First Responders and Ambulance, Hope Fire Department, Barnes County Rescue Squad, Valley City Rural Fire Department, Barnes County Ambulance and Sanford Life-Flight.

The accident remains under investigation by the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office.

 

(CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports a man escaped injury on Thursday  when the driver lost control of his semi rolled, about 5-a.m., near the Sterling Exit.

23 year old Allen Walther of Grove City, Minesota was traveling east on Interstate 94 when the vehicle entered the south ditch. Walther attempted to drive back onto the roadway. The vehicle proceeded to overturn onto the passenger side and came to rest on the eastbound lane of I-94, blocking both lanes of travel. After the crash, all eastbound traffic was diverted to the off ramp of I-94 at Sterling, then to the on ramp continuing eastbound on the interstate.

After blocking both lanes of traffic one lane was reopened, with control through the NDHP and the North Dakota Department of Transportation. The truck/trailer was blocking one lane of I-94 while the wrecker service worked to remove it from the roadway.

The Highway Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Burleigh County Sheriff’s Office.

This crash remains under investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.