{"id":56798,"date":"2026-09-28T13:35:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=56798"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:35:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:35:58","slug":"ward-county-fatal-crash-for-immediate-release-september-28-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/ward-county-fatal-crash-for-immediate-release-september-28-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"WARD COUNTY FATAL CRASH | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | September 28, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWS RELEASE | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | September 28, 2026<\/p>\n

WARD COUNTY FATAL CRASH<\/p>\n

What: Fatal crash
\nWhere: Highway 28, mile marker 12.5; approximately \u00bd mile north of Ryder
\nWhen: Sunday, September 27, 8:38 p.m. Central Time
\nRoad Conditions: Dry
\nWeather Conditions: Dry
\nCrash Involvement: Single vehicle
\nType of Crash: Rollover
\nAgencies Involved: North Dakota State Patrol, Ward County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Max Ambulance, Ryder\/Makoti Fire and Ryder\/Makoti Ambulance<\/p>\n

Vehicle No. 1: 2001 Ford F-150
\nDriver No. 1: Male, 47, Belfield; serious, life-threatening injuries
\nRestraints: Seatbelt not in use
\nCharges: DUI, Criminal vehicular homicide<\/p>\n

Passenger No. 1: Male, 50, Los Banos, CA, fatal injuries
\nRestraints: Seatbelt not in use<\/p>\n

NARRATIVE: On Sunday, September 27, 2026, at approximately 8:38 p.m., a Ford F-150 was traveling north on Highway 28 near mile post 12.5 when it entered the west ditch, vaulted and rolled. The passenger was not wearing a seat belt and died at the scene. The driver was not wearing a seat belt, suffered serious, life-threatening injuries, and was transported to Trinity Hospital in Minot. The driver was charged with DUI and criminal vehicular homicide.<\/p>\n

The crash remains under investigation by the North Dakota State Patrol.
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NEWS RELEASE | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | September 28, 2026 WARD COUNTY FATAL CRASH What: Fatal crash Where: Highway 28, mile marker 12.5; approximately \u00bd mile north of Ryder When: Sunday, September 27, 8:38 p.m. Central Time Road Conditions: Dry Weather Conditions: Dry Crash Involvement: Single vehicle Type of Crash: Rollover Agencies Involved: North Dakota… Continue reading WARD COUNTY FATAL CRASH | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | September 28, 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56799,"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":[25752],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-dakota-highway-patrol","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56798","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=56798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56800,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56798\/revisions\/56800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}