{"id":51140,"date":"2026-09-14T08:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T13:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=51140"},"modified":"2026-09-11T04:44:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T09:44:05","slug":"thief-river-falls-crash-brings-sanford-ems-to-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-crash-brings-sanford-ems-to-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls Crash Brings Sanford EMS to Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Thief River Falls Crash Brings Sanford EMS to Scene<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Thief River Falls (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Police responded to a two-vehicle crash near Highway 32 on Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>The accident was reported at 7:47 a.m. near Arnold Avenue and Highway 32. Two drivers were involved in the collision.<\/p>\n<p>Nicolaas Jacobs of Thief River Falls was driving a 2013 Ford, according to the report. Samuel Whittington of Grand Forks was driving a Mazda.<\/p>\n<h2>Vehicles Collide Near Highway 32<\/h2>\n<p>Jacobs was leaving a driveway before the crash, according to the police report. He was attempting to cross Highway 32.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs intended to continue onto Oakland Park Road. His vehicle then collided with Whittington&#8217;s Mazda.<\/p>\n<p>Whittington was traveling on Highway 32 when the crash happened. The report did not state his direction of travel.<\/p>\n<p>No other vehicles were identified in the information provided. The report also did not mention any passengers.<\/p>\n<h2>Sanford EMS Checks Driver<\/h2>\n<p>Whittington was seen by Sanford EMS at the crash scene. The report did not describe the extent of any injuries.<\/p>\n<p>It also did not state whether Whittington was transported to a hospital. No medical information was provided for Jacobs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanfordhealth.org\/medical-services\/emergency-medicine\/ambulance-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanford Ambulance<\/a> provides emergency medical services in Thief River Falls and other communities.<\/p>\n<p>The crash report did not list any fatalities. It also did not provide details about vehicle damage.<\/p>\n<h2>No Citation Listed in Report<\/h2>\n<p>The information provided does not list a traffic citation. It also does not report an arrest following the collision.<\/p>\n<p>The report did not identify speed, alcohol, drugs, or distracted driving as factors. Weather and road conditions were also not listed.<\/p>\n<p>The available information only states how the vehicles were moving before the collision. No final cause was included.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers can find state road and travel information through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dot.state.mn.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Department of Transportation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information could become available if authorities release a more detailed crash report.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Thief River Falls crash involving Nicolaas Jacobs and Samuel Whittington brought Sanford EMS to Highway 32 after two vehicles collided Aug. 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[16],"tags":[10659,24828,20222,24826,24829,777,24827,13439,4761,786],"class_list":["post-51140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accidents","tag-arnold-avenue","tag-highway-32-crash","tag-minnesota-traffic-accident","tag-nicolaas-jacobs","tag-oakland-park-road","tag-pennington-county","tag-samuel-whittington","tag-sanford-ems","tag-thief-river-falls-crash","tag-trf-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51141,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51140\/revisions\/51141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}