{"id":141982,"date":"2018-04-02T18:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T23:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=141982"},"modified":"2018-04-03T18:01:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T23:01:32","slug":"i-94-shut-down-head-on-crash-mon-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=141982","title":{"rendered":"Head on I-94 crash Mon pm leads to serious injury"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Highway Patrol Information….<\/p>\n

Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The North Dakota Highway Patrol has updated the accident report, with details on the I-94 crash in the westbound lane, about 2:30p.m.,\u00a0 Monday in the area of the 45th Street bridge in Fargo.<\/p>\n

Sgt. Hendrickson reports, the crash involved a 2008 Dodge Caravan, and a 2003 Jeep Liberty.<\/p>\n

The update says, the Jeep Liberty, drive by 25 year old Danielle Pitzen, was entering I-94 EB from 45th St S when Pitzen lost control, went through the median and entered the westbound lanes of I-94 facing north and was struck by a westbound Dodge Caravan. Pitzen was ejected from the Jeep and came to rest on I-94. Pitzen was transported to Essentia Health with life threatening injuries.<\/p>\n

The Dodge Caravan, driven by \u00a051 year old Yaacoub Shaia, was traveling west on I-94 in the left lane at approximately 55 mph. Shaia stated he saw the jeep lose control and attempted to slow his vehicle to avoid a crash but was unsuccessful. The front of the Caravan struck the passenger side of the Jeep. Shaia was transported to the Sanford Medical Center with serious but non-life threatening injuries. Speed and icy road conditions are a factor in this crash.<\/p>\n

The crash remains under investigation by the NDHP.<\/p>\n

The Highway Patrol was assisted at the scene by Fargo Police, Cass County Sheriff\u2019s Office, the Fargo Fire Department and theNDDOT.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0section of I-94 was that was closed following the crash reopened to traffic about 4-p.m.<\/p>\n

Traffic was at a standstill for\u00a0two miles from University Drive South to Exit 349B, where traffic was being rerouted while crews worked on the scene.<\/p>\n

Snowplows helped block lanes along with squad cars, and traffic in the eastbound lanes were met with reduced speeds near the scene of the crash.<\/p>\n

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Previously reported..<\/p>\n

Fargo\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The North Dakota Highway Patrol has released the report with details on the I-94 crash in the westbound lane, about 2:30p.m.,\u00a0 Monday in the area of the 45th Street bridge in Fargo.<\/p>\n

Sgt. Hendrickson reports, the crash involved a 2008 Dodge Caravan, and a Jeep Liberty.<\/p>\n

The report says, the Jeep Liberty was entering I-94\u00a0eastbound from 45th St South, when the driver lost control, went through the median and entered the westbound lanes of I-94 facing north and was struck by a westbound Dodge Caravan. The female driver of the Jeep was ejected from her vehicle and came to rest on I-94. She was transported to Essentia Health with life threatening injuries.<\/p>\n

The Dodge Caravan, driven by 41 year old Liqaa Marrooki, of Moorhead, Minnesota, was traveling west on I-94 in the left lane at approximately 55 mph. Marrooki stated he saw the jeep loose control and attempted to slow his vehicle to avoid a crash but was unsuccessful. The front of the Caravan struck the passenger side of the Jeep.<\/p>\n

Marrooki was transported to the Sanford Medical Center with serious but non-life threatening injuries. The name of the female driver is being withheld until her immediate family has been notified. Speed and icy road conditions are a factor in this crash.
\nThe crash remains under investigation by the NDHP.<\/p>\n

The Highway Patrol was assisted at the scene by Fargo Police, Cass County Sheriff’s Office, the Fargo Fire Department and theNDDOT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A\u00a0section of I-94 was that was closed following the crash reopened to traffic about 4-p.m.<\/p>\n

Traffic was at a standstill for\u00a0two miles from University Drive South to Exit 349B, where traffic was being rerouted while crews worked on the scene.<\/p>\n

Snowplows helped block lanes along with squad cars, and traffic in the eastbound lanes were met with reduced speeds near the scene of the crash.<\/p>\n

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New Highway Patrol Information…. Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The North Dakota Highway Patrol has updated the accident report, with details on the I-94 crash in the westbound lane, about 2:30p.m.,\u00a0 Monday in the area of the 45th Street bridge in Fargo. Sgt. Hendrickson reports, the crash involved a 2008 Dodge Caravan, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":135847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141982"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142061,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141982\/revisions\/142061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/135847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}