What: Injury
Where: Highway 1 mm 190 (approximately 4 miles north, northeast of Edmore ND)
When: January 16, 2023 @ 1116 hours CST
Road Conditions: Ice covered
Weather Conditions: Foggy and lightly misting
Crash Involvement: Vehicle V. Vehicle
Type of Crash: Rear End
Agencies Involved: Edmore Fire Department, Edmore Ambulance, Langdon Ambulance, Lakota Ambulance, Cavalier County Sheriff’s Office, Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office, and the North Dakota Highway Patrol.
Vehicle No. 1: 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Driver No. 1: Leonard Klein; 89 yo male; Langdon, ND
Restraints: none
Charges: none
Vehicle No. 2: 2001 Ford Ambulance
Driver No. 2: Doug Loff; 62 yo male; Edmore, ND, minor injuries
Restraints: Seatbelt
Charges: None
Passenger No. 1: Bruce Berg; 67 yo male; Edmore, ND, Minor injuries
Restraints: None, assisting in treating patient
Passenger No. 2: Taylor Trontvet, 32 yo male; Edmore, ND, serious injuries
Restraints: none, treating patient
Passenger No. 3: Megan Diseth; 35 yo female; Edmore, ND, minor injuries
Restraints: none, treating patient
Passenger No. 4: Kathy Borgen; 63 yo female; St. Cloud, FL, minor injuries
Restraints: none, being treated in ambulance
NARRATIVE: Edmore Ambulance Service was on scene attending to an injured driver from a previous rollover crash off of State Highway 1. The ambulance was partially in the northbound lane of State Highway 1 while the ambulance crew attended to the injured driver. A Jeep, driven by Klein, was northbound shortly after the ambulance had been attending to the injured driver from the previous crash. Klein struck the ambulance in the rear with the Jeep and suffered serious injuries due to the crash. Ambulance crew members also sustained injuries with the worst injuries being sustained to Trontvet.
Langdon Ambulance Service was paged and brought Klein to Langdon Prairie Health to be treated for his injuries. Both Trontvet and Diseth also were transported to Langdon Prairie Health to be treated for their injuries. Borgen was transported to First Care Hospital to be treated for her injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
