The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports a rear-end crsh resulted in injuries on Jan. 16, 2023, at approximately 11:15 a.m.
The road conditions were ice covered and the weather was foggy and slightly misting.
Vehicle No. 1 was a 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Leonard Klein, 89, from Langdon, ND.
Vehicle No. 2 was a 2001 Ford Ambulance driven by Doug Loff, 62, from Edmore. He received minor injuries in this crash. Loff was wearing a seatbelt.
Passenger No. 1 was Bruce Berg, 67, Edmore, who received serious injuries. He was not restained, was assisting in treating a patient in the ambulance.
Passenger No. 2 was Taylor Trontvet, 32, from Edmore who received serious injuries and was also assisting in treating a patient.
Passenger No. 3 was Megan Diseth, 35, who ustained minor injuries and was treating a patient.
Passenger No. 4 was Kathy Borgen, 63, from St. Cloud, FL, who sustained minor injuries and was not restrained, she was being treated in the ambulance.
Narrative: The 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 Tronvet. Langdon Ambulance Service was paged and brought Klein to Langdon Prairie Health to be treated for his injuries. Both Tronvet 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 at this time.
Agencies involved in reponding to this incident include the 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.
– Sgt. Matthew Johnson, NDHP
