Motorcyclist injured in distracted driving crash in eastern North Dakota

FARGO — A motorcyclist was injured Monday evening, Aug. 19, after being hit in a distracted driving crash, according to state troopers.

Jayme Frank, 51, of Fargo, was treated at Sanford Hospital for serious but not life-threatening injuries, the North Dakota Highway Patrol said Tuesday in a news release. He was driving a 2013 Suzuki motorcycle south on Interstate 29 about 4 miles north of Grandin, North Dakota, when Steel Erickson, 18, of Rosholt, South Dakota, rear-ended Frank, according to the release.

Erickson was driving a 2006 Hyundai Sonata and “became distracted in his vehicle,” the release said. State troopers did not say what caused the distraction.

Frank, who was not wearing a helmet, was separated from his motorcycle during the crash and was vaulted over the top of Erickson’s car onto the road, the release said. He came to rest in the grass, state troopers said.

Erickson, who was wearing a seat belt, was not injured and was cited for distracted driving, the release said.

Grandin is about 30 miles north of Fargo.

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