Driver arrested for DUI after losing control of motorcycle, crashing in Valley City

VALLEY CITY — A Valley City man was arrested for driving under the influence Saturday, Sept. 14, after losing control of his motorcycle and sustaining serious injuries, the North Dakota Highway Patrol said in a release.

The crash occurred at 8:15 p.m. on the 800 block of Fourteenth Street Southwest when the driver, 27-year-old Torrey Morehouse, lost control of his Harley Davison motocycle. The motorcycle came to rest on top of Morehouse.

Morehouse sustained serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries. He was not wearing a helmet. He was taken to Mercy Hospital in Valley City, then to Essentia Hospital in Fargo.

Morehouse was arrested for DUI. The Valley City Police Department referred the ongoing investigation of the crash to the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

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