NORTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY PATROL
2008 FATAL TRAFFIC CRASH SUMMARY

01-03-2008 I-94, MP 290, 1 mile west of Valley City (Barnes County)
SUV – rollover
1 fatality – 30 year old female driver; hometown – LaMoure
safety belt not worn; ejected
weather/road conditions

01-04-2008 gravel township road, 5.5 miles northwest of Mohall (Renville County)
ATV – rollover
1 fatality – 52 year old male driver; hometown – Mohall
safety belt not applicable
speed/speed too fast, alcohol

01-11-2008 ND 1, 10 miles north of Langdon (Cavalier County)
Semi and Jeep – angle collision
1 fatality – 60 year old male driver; hometown – Osnabrock
safety belt not worn
failed to yield

01-13-2008 2933 83 St S (gravel rd), 2 west of Grand Forks (Grand Forks County)
SUV – rollover
1 fatality – 36 year old male driver; hometown – Grand Forks
safety belt not worn; ejected
alcohol, speed/speed too fast

01-18-2008 I-94, MP 278.3, at Eckelson Lake, 14 west of Valley City (Barnes County)
SUV – rollover
1 fatality – 57 year old male driver; hometown – Fargo
safety belt not worn; ejected

01-17-2008 I-29, MP 136, 2 miles south of Grand Forks (Grand Forks County)
passenger vehicle – rollover
1 fatality – 17 year old female passenger; hometown – Northwood
safety belt not worn; ejected
weather/road conditions, speed/speed too fast

01-27-2008 ND 24, MP 9, 2 miles southwest of Fort Yates (Sioux County)
pickup/pedestrian
1 fatality – 41 year old male pedestrian; hometown – Cannonball
safety belt not applicable
alcohol, improper evasive action

02-07-2008 Apple Creek Rd, 6 miles east of Bismarck (east of 93 St) (Burleigh Co)
pickup – rollover
1 fatality – 26 year old male driver; hometown – Menoken
safety belt not worn; ejected
alcohol, attention distracted

02-23-2008 Main Street and Central Avenue, Hazen (Mercer County)
passenger vehicle and pedestrian (wheelchair)
1 fatality – 82 year old male pedestrian; hometown – Hazen
safety belt not applicable
failed to yield, attention distracted, speed/speed too fast

02-25-2008 2000 block of University Drive South, Fargo (NB lanes) (Cass County)
pickup and pedestrian
1 fatality – 53 year old male pedestrian; hometown – Mpls, MN
safety belt not applicable

03-01-2008 1300 block of Valley Street in Minot (Ward County)
passenger vehicle and SUV – head-on
1 fatality – 59 year old male driver; hometown – Minot
safety belt not worn
speed/speed too fast, alcohol

02-29-2008 I-29, MP 19.5, 10 miles west and 4 south of Wahpeton (Richland Co)
SUV – rollover
1 fatality – 18 year old female driver; hometown – Aberdeen, SD
safety belt not worn; ejected
speed/speed too fast, weather/road conditions

03-16-2008 Ward County #19, 2 miles north of Minot (Ward County)
pickup – fixed object (washout)
1 fatality – 21 year old male driver; hometown – Minot
safety belt usage unknown
alcohol, improper evasive action

03-20-2008 US 2, MP 90, junction with ND 8 at Stanley (Mountrail County)
pickup and semi – angle collision
1 fatality – 25 year old male driver; hometown – Mohall
safety belt worn; airbag
failed to yield, fatigue

03-22-2008 county/township road, 1 east and 4 north of Center (Oliver County)
(1 mile east on ND 25 and 4 miles north on 36 Avenue SW)
pickup – rollover
2 fatalities – 24 and 22 year old male passengers; hometowns – Hazen and Mandan
safety belts not worn; ejected
alcohol, speed/speed too fast

03-29-2008 ND 22, MP 131.3, 10 miles south of Jct ND 22/23 (Dunn County)
pickup – rollover
1 fatality – 25 year old male driver; hometown – Mandaree
safety belt not worn; partially ejected
alcohol, weather/road conditions, speed/speed too fast

03-31-2008 Walsh Co Rd 4, 4 miles north of Warsaw (Walsh County)
SUV – rollover
1 fatality – 50 year old female driver; hometown – Oak Bluff, MB
safety belt not worn; partially ejected
alcohol, speed/speed too fast

04-06-2008 I-94, EB, 1 mile west of Fryberg (Billings County)
pickup towing a bumper-hitch trailer – rollover
1 fatality – 27 year old male driver; hometown – Bismarck
safety belt worn
weather/road conditions, cruise control on ice, speed/speed too fast

04-12-2008 Bottineau Co Rd 6, 4 miles east of Souris (Bottineau County)
pickup – rollover
1 fatality – 39 year old male driver; hometown – Dunseith
safety belt not worn
alcohol, attention distracted

04-15-2008 ND 22, MP 154, 10 miles west of New Town (McKenzie County)
van – rollover
1 fatality – 29 year old male driver; hometown – Mandaree
safety belt not worn; ejected
alcohol, speed/speed too fast

04-18-2008 county gravel road, 3 miles northwest of Adams (Walsh County)
3 motorcycles – rear end
1 fatality – 17 year old male driver; hometown – Adams
safety belt not applicable; no helmet
alcohol, speed/speed too fast, vision obstructed

04-19-2008 I-29, MP 139.5, at Grand Forks (Grand Forks County)
passenger vehicle – rollover
1 fatality – 19 year old male driver; hometown – GFAFB
safety belt use not known; ejected
speed/speed too fast, abrupt lane change

04-26-2008 US 281, MP 242.3, 4 miles west of Belcourt (Rolette County)
passenger vehicle and pickup – head on
1 fatality – 21 year old male driver; hometown – St. John
safety belt not worn
left of center, alcohol

04-25-2008 Williams Co Rd 6, 1 mile east of Carolville (Williams County)
motorcycle – rollover
1 fatality – 50 year old male driver; hometown – Williston
safety belt not applicable; helmet worn
alcohol

04-29-2008 ND 58, MP 8.3 8 miles north of Fairview, MT (McKenzie County)
pickup – rollover
1 fatality – 45 year old female driver; hometown – Sidney, MT
safety belt not worn; ejected
alcohol

05-02-2008 76th Street NE, 3 miles west of Auburn (Walsh County)
pickup – rollover
1 fatality – 68 year old female driver; hometown – Grafton
safety belt not worn; ejected
speed/speed too fast, weather/road conditions

05-10-2008 US 83, MP 23.1, 2 miles south of Linton (Emmons County)
passenger vehicle – rollover
1 fatality – 56 year old male driver; hometown – Linton
safety belt not worn
alcohol, speed/speed too fast

05-18-2008 ND 23, MP 63.2, 12 miles east of New Town (Mountrail County)
passenger vehicle, pickup, SUV, van – sideswipe meeting
1 fatality – 49 year old female passenger; hometown – New Town
safety belt not worn
left of center, alcohol

05-19-2008 ND 200, MP 142, 4 miles east of Zap (Mercer County)
pickup – rollover
1 fatality – 30 year old male passenger; hometown – Bismarck
safety belt not worn; ejected
alcohol, speed/speed too fast

05-20-2008 ND 5, MP 182, 4 miles east of Bottineau (Bottineau County)
passenger vehicle – rollover
1 fatality – 84 year old female driver; hometown – Bottineau
safety belt not worn; ejected
physical impairment

05-26-2008 Jct of US 52 and ND 15 at Fessenden (Wells County)
2 passenger vehicles – head on collision
1 fatality – 94 year old male driver; hometown – Fessenden
safety belt not worn
failed to yield

06-03-2008 US 2/52 and 15 Street SE, Minot (Ward County)
2 passenger vehicles – angle collision
1 fatality – 98 year old female driver; hometown – Minot
safety belt not worn
failed to yield

06-10-2008 38 Ave NE, gravel road approx. 8 miles south of Rolette (Pierce County)
passenger vehicle – rollover (water)
1 fatality – 16 year old female driver; hometown – Rolette
safety belt not worn
speed/speed too fast

06-14-2008 US 281, MP 255, 2 miles north of Dunseith (Rolette County)
2 passenger vehicles – sideswipe meeting
1 fatality – 55 year old male passenger; hometown – Brandon, MB
safety belt not worn
alcohol, left of center

06-16-2008 39R Street SW, 2 south and 2 west of South Heart (Stark County)
passenger vehicle – rollover
1 fatality – 22 year old female driver; hometown – Richardton
safety belt not worn; ejected
attention distracted, fatigue, speed/speed too fast, alcohol

06-16-2008 East Villard and 4th Avenue SE in Dickinson (Stark County)
motorcycle and passenger vehicle – angle collision
1 fatality – 23 year old male MC driver; hometown – New Hradec
safety belt not applicable; helmet worn
speed/speed too fast, failed to yield

06-22-2008 Apple Creek Road, 3 miles west of Menoken (Burleigh County)
pickup – rollover
1 fatality – 39 year old male driver; hometown – Menoken
safety belt not worn; partially ejected
alcohol, fatigue

06-24-2008 ND 1806, MP 58.8, 10 miles south of Mandan (Morton County)
motorcycle – rollover
1 fatality – 46 year old male driver; hometown – Bismarck
safety belt not applicable; helmet not worn
speed/speed too fast

06-25-2008 Co Rd 81, 3 miles north of Dwight (Richland County)
pickup/pedestrian
1 fatality – 42 year old male pedestrian; hometown – Wahpeton
safety belt not applicable

06-30-2008 US 52, MP 99, 1 mile southeast of Minot (Ward County)
motorcycle/deer
1 fatality – 51 year old male driver; hometown – Minot
safety belt not applicable; helmet not worn

07-01-2008 59th Ave NE & ND 17, 8 miles west of Cando (Towner County)
SUV and pickup – rear end collision
1 fatality – 52 year old male passenger; hometown – Bismarck
safety belt worn; airbag deployed
vision obstructed, not familiar with area

07-06-2008 66th Ave SE, ½ mile north of ND 200, ¾ mile from Carrington (Foster Co)
pickup and bicycle – head on collision
1 fatality – 20 year old male bicycle rider; hometown – Carrington
safety belt not applicable; no helmet worn
alcohol, left of center

07-09-2008 US 83, MP 170, 1.8 miles south of Max (McLean County)
truck tractor with trailer – rollover
1 fatality – 39 year old male driver; hometown – Jamestown
safety belt worn
attention distracted

07-10-2008 72nd Street NW and CP train crossing, Minot (Ward County)
passenger vehicle/train
1 fatality – 19 year old female driver; hometown – Minot
safety belt not worn; airbag deployed
failed to yield

07-13-2008 Cass County Road 1, 1.5 miles south of Tower City (Barnes County)
van – rollover
1 fatality – 30 year old male passenger; hometown – Valley City
safety belt worn
speed/speed too fast, overcorrected

07-15-2008 20th St NE & 34th Ave NE, 6 north of Manvel, 1 east of Hwy 81 (GF County)
pickup and ATV – angle collision
1 fatality – 9 year old male ATV driver; hometown – Manvel
safety belt not applicable; helmet not worn
failed to yield, vision obstructed, age of operator

07-17-2008 construction zone on Cass Co Rd 10, 6 miles west of West Fargo (Cass Co)
SUV/Pedestrian
1 fatality – 26 year old male pedestrian; hometown – Fargo
safety belt not applicable
medical/diabetic

07-18-2008 Oberon Road, 1.25 miles west of Oberon (SW of Devils Lake) (Benson Co)
pickup – rollover
2 fatalities – 37 year old female driver; hometown – Heath, TX and
43 year old female passenger; hometown – Suwanee, GA
safety belts not worn; both ejected
speed/speed too fast, alcohol, improper evasive action

07-20-2008 Morton Co Rd 139, 2 miles east of New Salem (Morton County)
passenger vehicle – fixed object (culvert)
1 fatality – 21 year old male passenger; hometown – Bismarck
safety belt not worn; ejected
alcohol, speed/speed too fast

07-25-2008 ND 18, MP 106.1, ½ mile south of Blanchard (Traill County)
SUV and semi – sideswipe meeting
1 fatality – 72 year old female driver; hometown – Cummings
safety belt worn
left of center, no warning/hazard lighting

07-02-2008 ND200A, MP 926, ½ mile north of Washburn (McLean County)
pickup and passenger vehicle – rear end collision
1 fatality – 87 year old male driver; hometown – Washburn (died July 27)
safety belt not worn
attention distracted, speed/speed too fast

07-30-2008 ND 23, MP 54.5, 5 miles east of New Town (Mountrail County)
semi and pickup – sideswipe passing
1 fatality – 23 year old female driver; hometown – New Town
safety belt usage unknown
improper passing

08-03-2008 Old Hwy 281, approx. 1 mile north of Minnewaukan (Benson County)
pickup – non-collision (victim drowned)
1 fatality – 25 year old male passenger; hometown – Fargo
safety belt worn
attention distracted, alcohol

08-03-2008 3rd Avenue East in Bowman (Bowman County)
motorcycle and parked semi truck – sideswipe passing
1 fatality – 25 year old male driver; hometown – Scranton
safety belt not applicable; helmet not worn
alcohol, weather/road conditions

08-06-2008 Stutsman Co Rd 40, 3 miles east of Jamestown (Stutsman County)
passenger vehicle – rollover
1 fatality – 43 year old male driver; hometown – Jamestown
safety belt not worn; ejected
alcohol, speed/speed too fast

08-07-2008 Intersection of ND 15 & Eddy Co Rd 14 (66 Ave NE) (Eddy County)
minivan and semi truck/trailer – angle collision
1 fatality – 36 year old female driver; hometown – Sykeston
safety belt not worn
failed to yield

08-08-2008 US 2, 3 miles east of Stanley (Mountrail County)
SUV – rollover
1 fatality – 53 year old male passenger; hometown – Grand Forks
safety belt worn

08-10-2008 gravel road, 3 west of ND 3 on ND 43 & 1 north, N of Dunseith (Rolette Co)
passenger vehicle – fixed object (trees)
1 fatality – 43 year old male driver; hometown – Bottineau
safety belt not worn
speed/speed too fast, alcohol

08-06-2008 US 2, MP 147, 13th Street SE in Minot (Ward County)
passenger vehicle and pickup/van – angle collision
1 fatality – 86 year old female passenger; hometown – Minot
safety belt worn
vision obstructed, failed to yield

08-15-2008 US 81, MP 169.3, 6 miles north of Manvel (Grand Forks County)
passenger vehicle – rollover
1 fatality – 50 year old male driver; hometown – Walsh County
safety belt not worn
alcohol

08-14-2008 ND 41, 9 miles north of Turtle Lake (McLean County)
motorcycle – rollover
1 fatality – 36 year old female passenger; hometown – Valley City
safety belt not applicable
alcohol, attention distracted