Not Doc

Motorists on Stony Bar early this morning may have thought this blue NoDak plated Daihatsu pickup belonged to Doc Hagen. Doc doesn't drive Daihatsu, does he?
Westbound at the west end of Stony Bar the driver lost control plowing through some foot deep snowdrifts, rolled going off the south side of Highway 108 and plowed over a No Passing Zone sign before stopping just short of a pole.

The driver was able to get himself out of the passenger door escape hatch. After he got out and got a ride to town about half of the traffic stopped to check if there was anybody still in the vehicle. Did you know that, as a Minnesotan, it's your duty to stop?

604A.01 GOOD SAMARITAN LAW.
Subdivision 1. Duty to assist. A person at the scene of an emergency who knows that another person is exposed to or has suffered grave physical harm shall, to the extent that the person can do so without danger or peril to self or others, give reasonable assistance to the exposed person. Reasonable assistance may include obtaining or attempting to obtain aid from law enforcement or medical personnel. A person who violates this subdivision is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

PS: News from Exit 32

By Susan Larson (Contact) The Daily Journal
Published Monday, February 19, 2007
A two-vehicle accident north of Rothsay along Interstate 94 seriously injured one person at about 9:30 a.m. this morning. The Minnesota State Highway Patrol office in Detroit Lakes said that one person was airlifted to a Fargo hospital. The accident took place near the junction of I-94 and the Highway 108 exit that takes travelers to Pelican Rapids. The State Patrol closed the interstate after the mishap and reopened the it at approximately 10 a.m. No further details were available.