Man Arrested After Driving Into Structure

Valley City (CSi) — A man was arrested for driving under the influence and care required Wednesday about 1:30-a.m., after driving a 2002 Pontiac Bonneville into a decorative brick structure in Valley City.

The Valley City Police Department reports that 24 year old Scott Michael Ringsaker  was operating the car south on Central Avenue approaching the intersection with 4^th Street Southwest, when he went through the intersection, going over the curb, leaving the roadway and continued south, then striking a decorative brick structure near a walkway over the Sheyenne River, toward the VCSU campus.

The structure received significant damage, estimated at over $5,000.

Ringsaker was taken to Mercy Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

Ringsaker was arrested, and issued citations for driving under the influence and care required, and then released.