slipperyJamestown (CSi) Snow on Monday led to traffic accidents in town and on the highways.

Jamestown Police reports that between 7 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. Monday 10 accidents had occurred in Jamestown, including and accident in the Jamestown High School parking lot that led to minor injuries.

Around 2:30 p.m. a pickup truck pulling a stock trailer had difficulty getting up the hill on U.S. Highway 281 north near the Anne Carlsen Center, when the truck started slipping about halfway up the hill.

Police stopped traffic at the bottom of the hill while a front-end loader pulled the truck and trailer to the top of the hill.

Also Monday, the North Dakota Highway Patrol said troopers responded to 26 crashes and 40 vehicles in the ditch between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. in southeast North Dakota.

Three crashes involved minor injuries with the remaining 23 classified as property damage only.

The patrol said one of the injury crashes occurred on I-94 eastbound at exit 272 near Urbana.

The driver lost control and struck a guardrail at the underpass. The driver received minor injuries and was treated on the scene.

 

(CSi) Troopers with the North Dakota Highway Patrol responded to 26 crashes and 40 vehicles in the ditch between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm on December 1st  within the Southeast Region of the NDHP. Of the 26 crashes, 23 were property damage only and 3 were minor injury crashes.

The first injury crash occurred on Hwy. 18 near Amenia involving a passenger car and a commercial motor vehicle, resulting in the driver of the passenger car suffering minor injuries. She was transported by ambulance to a Fargo hospital.

The second injury crash occurred on I94 eastbound at exit 272. A passenger car lost control and struck a guardrail at the underpass. The driver suffered minor injuries and was treated on scene.

The third injury crash occurred on I94 near MM 303 involving two passenger vehicles. The driver of one vehicle suffered minor injuries and was transported to Mercy Hospital in Valley City. The driver and a passenger from the second vehicle were arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance-Marijuana and Unlawful Possession of Marijuana Paraphernalia. Both were transported to Barnes County Corrections. They were:

Driver: Nathaniel Posch, 23 YOA, Paynesville, MN

Passenger: Tyler Verley, 26 YOA, Royalton, MN

With winter weather forecast for the next few days in the area, we continue to ask for motorists to slow down and give themselves extra time to reach their destinations. In addition they should increase their following distances, always wear their seat belts and never drink and drive.