crash in moorhead
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Two men died Thursday after their speeding vehicle rolled several times near the 1000 block of First Avenue North in Moorhead.
Moorhead police Sgt. Jim Nielsen identified the driver as a 27-year-old and the passenger as a 54-year-old. The victims’ names are being withheld until today.
The passenger died at the scene. The driver died nearly four hours later at Fargo’s MeritCare Hospital, Nielsen said. He said the crash occurred at 4:16 p.m.
Lt. Bob Larson said witnesses told police the car was traveling at an excess speed east on First Avenue North when it struck a streetlight at the southwest corner of 10th Street and First Avenue North.
The car slid up the pole before rolling four to five times, both end over end and sideways, Larson said. The blue car came to rest upside down midway through the 1000 block of First Avenue North, just south of the eastbound lanes.
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Both driver and passenger were ejected from the vehicle. Neither was wearing a seat belt, Nielsen said.There were no other injuries or property damage, other than the light pole, Larson said.
Police do not know why the driver was going so fast, Larson said.
Jeff and Marcene Moritz were heading east on First Avenue North Thursday afternoon shortly before the crash, returning to their home in Audubon, Minn., after a day of work at American Crystal Sugar.
Just west of the Eighth Street intersection, Jeff Moritz said he saw a car zooming in and out of traffic in his rear view mirror, going upwards of 60 mph. Moritz swerved right and the speeding car went left.
“It was a close call for everybody out there,” Marcene Moritz said.
A group of employees at Quick Lube & Tire, 1002 1st Ave. N., were standing outside when the accident occurred across the street.
Mike Stensgard – who called 911 after seeing the crash – said the car was probably going 50 to 60 mph when he saw it strike the light pole and roll. A large man flew out of the car while it was rolling, he said. He estimated the car flew 4 to 5 feet in the air.
Doug Stensgard, owner of the shop and Mike’s father, said he was glad no one else was injured.
“It’s scary, just an eerie feeling,” he said.
Forum reporter Joe Whetham contributed to this story Readers can reach Forum reporter Dave Roepke at (701) 241-5535
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wow...why would you go that fast in traffic on 1st in mhd. WTF??? I would of loved to see that happen.
Matt
92 Civic HB
JDM d15b w/14b@8psi
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krzydrftr93 wrote:
wow...why would you go that fast in traffic on 1st in mhd. WTF??? I would of loved to see that happen.
umm...yeah seein 2 guys die i just lovely.
meh we'll see why they were goin so fast when investigations are done.
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More the rollover not the deaths. Damn
And also they were the dumbasses going 50 or so on 1st ave north in traffic
Matt
92 Civic HB
JDM d15b w/14b@8psi
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i missed the accident by about 5-10 mins. emergence vehicles were just showing up when i came up from under the bridge. i had no clue what happened until i spent 25 min getting from 9th street to 11th street on 2nd ave N. the road looked like a battle zone.
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They didnt have their seatbelts on either. I feel bad for their family's thou.
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krzydrftr93 wrote:
I would of loved to see that happen.
and the winning quote for fag of the day goes to.......why the hell would you love to see something that you know someone is going to get hurt or killed in this isnt a fuckin video game or a movie its called real life..tool
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Im talking the car rolling/flipping. Not people getting hurt. It sucks that people got hurt but why would you be driving like that anyways.
Matt
92 Civic HB
JDM d15b w/14b@8psi
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krzydrftr93 wrote:
Im talking the car rolling/flipping. Not people getting hurt. It sucks that people got hurt but why would you be driving like that anyways.
..............................................................still doesnt justify the reason why you want to see people get killed.
yay for seeing a car flip and roll 5 times but nobodys in it, how freakin awesome is this!!
dude if you wanna go see cars flip, go buy a race car crashes video and you can smile and laugh all you want at that.
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STiSchucky wrote:
..............................................................still doesnt justify the reason why you want to see people get killed.
I never said I wanted to see people get killed did I??
Anyways I heard today from somone that I work with that the guy driving the car was like a friend of his friends or something like that and that it was "SUICIDAL"
Now I am not for sure about that but that is the word that was passed along from someone who knows them. They were suppose to be going to there buddies shop or something and never showed up.
Matt
92 Civic HB
JDM d15b w/14b@8psi
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Jim wrote:
Are you serious you've never done 20 over?
Well yeah I have done a heck of a lot more then 20 over, but I dont do it swerving in and out of trafficMatt
92 Civic HB
JDM d15b w/14b@8psi
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I feel sorry for the passenger and the light pole.....
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dubbsy wrote:
if you're doing 20 over on any surface street then I'll have no sympathy for you wrecking your car and or killing yourself.driving that fast on 1st Ave N is just plain stupid.
Pretty much my point exactly
Matt
92 Civic HB
JDM d15b w/14b@8psi
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