{"id":55591,"date":"2026-09-23T04:49:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T09:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=55591"},"modified":"2026-09-23T04:49:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T09:49:06","slug":"karlsruhe-man-killed-in-crash-near-velva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/karlsruhe-man-killed-in-crash-near-velva\/","title":{"rendered":"Karlsruhe Man Killed in Crash Near Velva"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Karlsruhe Man Killed in Crash Near Velva<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Velva (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 A 67-year-old Karlsruhe man died Tuesday morning in a crash east of Velva.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened at about 7:30 a.m. on September 22.<\/p>\n<p>It occurred at 44th Street North and 12th Avenue North.<\/p>\n<p>The intersection is about three miles east of Velva.<\/p>\n<h2>Pickup and Freightliner Collide<\/h2>\n<p>According to the North Dakota State Patrol, a 2012 GMC Sierra was traveling west on 44th Street North.<\/p>\n<p>A 2004 Freightliner was traveling east on the same road.<\/p>\n<p>The Freightliner was pulling a dump trailer at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said the Freightliner began turning north onto 12th Avenue North.<\/p>\n<p>The commercial vehicle then struck the Sierra in a right-angle crash.<\/p>\n<p>The impact was described as a T-bone collision.<\/p>\n<p>The 67-year-old Sierra driver suffered fatal injuries.<\/p>\n<p>He was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>His name was not included in the initial news release.<\/p>\n<h2>Freightliner Driver Not Injured<\/h2>\n<p>The Freightliner driver was a 46-year-old man from Parshall.<\/p>\n<p>He was not injured in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Both drivers were wearing seatbelts, according to the State Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>Road conditions were dry when the crash happened.<\/p>\n<p>The weather was clear and sunny.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities did not announce any charges in the initial report.<\/p>\n<p>The crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<h2>Several Agencies Responded<\/h2>\n<p>The North Dakota State Patrol is leading the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The McHenry County Sheriff&#8217;s Office also responded to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Velva Fire and Ambulance assisted with the emergency response.<\/p>\n<p>Additional details could be released as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p>More information about traffic safety is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nd.gov\/ndhp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Dakota Highway Patrol<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>State transportation information is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dot.nd.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Dakota Department of Transportation<\/a>.<\/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<figure id=\"attachment_55592\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55592\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Karlsruhe-Man-Killed-in-Crash-Near-Velva.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-55592\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Karlsruhe-Man-Killed-in-Crash-Near-Velva-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Karlsruhe Man Killed in Crash Near Velva\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Karlsruhe-Man-Killed-in-Crash-Near-Velva-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Karlsruhe-Man-Killed-in-Crash-Near-Velva-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Karlsruhe-Man-Killed-in-Crash-Near-Velva-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Karlsruhe-Man-Killed-in-Crash-Near-Velva-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Karlsruhe-Man-Killed-in-Crash-Near-Velva-1568x882.png 1568w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Karlsruhe-Man-Killed-in-Crash-Near-Velva.png 1672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karlsruhe Man Killed in Crash Near Velva<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 67-year-old Karlsruhe man died after his pickup collided with a Freightliner near Velva, according to the North Dakota State Patrol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55592,"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":"","timeOption":"","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":""},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[16],"tags":[3631,3730,25549,25550,17868,14879,25548],"class_list":["post-55591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accidents","tag-freightliner-crash","tag-gmc-sierra-crash","tag-karlsruhe-man-killed","tag-mchenry-county-crash","tag-north-dakota-fatal-crash","tag-north-dakota-state-patrol","tag-velva-nd-crash","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55591","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=55591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55593,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55591\/revisions\/55593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}