Mandan juvenile charged after passenger seriously injured in rollover

MANDAN, N.D. — A 17-year-old Mandan juvenile has been charged with criminal vehicular injury while driving under the influence of alcohol following a March 15 rollover that resulted in serious injury to one passenger.

At 10:18 p.m. Friday, March 14, the juvenile was driving a 2013 Nissan Titan north on Morton County Road 83, about 2 miles north of Exit 141 on I-94, when he failed to negotiate a curve, according to North Dakota Highway Patrol reports. The vehicle drove into the ditch and overturned. Multiple law enforcement and rescue agencies responded to the scene. The driver and his two passengers — both also 17-year-old Mandan males — were transported to Sanford Medical Health Center in Fargo.

The driver and one passenger suffered minor injuries. The other passenger was seriously injured.

The driver was charged with criminal vehicular injury while operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a Class C felony, according to the state Highway Patrol.

The crash remains under investigation. Names of those involved cannot be released due to their juvenile status.

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