Valley City (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports that the male occupant of a vehicle  was seriously injured after he lost control of the SUV he was driving in the westbound lane of Interstate 94 about 1:40-pm, Tuesday afternoon.

The Envoy driven by  31 year old Jusufu Hargrave, of Jamestown was westbound at 75 miles per hour while using cruise control.  The road surface was wet with the temperature below freezing.   Hargrave changed lanes to drive around two semis.  While crossing an icy overpass, Hargrave braked to avoid a truck that weaved onto his lane.  The Envoy began to slide. Hargrave drove into the median and lost control of the vehicle. The Envoy crossed the median, both eastbound lanes and entered the south ditch.  The vehicle rolled through the south ditch, a fence and across a frontage road before coming to rest on its top in a vacant lot in Valley City.

Hargrave suffered serious injuries. He was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Valley City, then transferred to a Fargo hospital.

The crash remains under investigation by the Highway Patrol.