Van hits light pole in I-94 rest area

Updated – Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown Rescue Squad was called about 11:55 a.m. Thursday for an  extrication, from a van traveling on I-94 eastbound, near mile maker 254, near the rest area, west of Jamestown.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol Sgt Hendrickson says, 28 year old Rawuf Issaka, of Dickinson was driving a 2005 Kia Sedona minivan and was exiting I-94 to the rest area. The minivan lost control on a section of compacted snow and ice and struck a light pole, causing extensive damage.

The Jamestown Fire Department was dispatched to the scene to extricate Issaka from the vehicle. Lt. Sheldon Mohr says 10 firefighters, a rescue truck and a mini pump truck, responded to the scene.

Issaka, who wore a seat belt, was transported by Jamestown Area Ambulance to Jamestown Regional Medical Center. He was then transported to Sanford Medical Center in Bismarck for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office also responded to the scene

On Thursday morning, about 10-O’Clock,  Barnes County Fire and Rescue responded to a one vehicle rollover in the westbound lane of I-94 near the Oriska Rest stop.

The driver refused treatment of injuries at the scene.