Bismarck man accused of hitting wife with pickup

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck police say that a fight over landscaping led a man to strike his wife with his pickup truck.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that 49-year-old Kevin Fischer pleaded not guilty Monday to Class A misdemeanor reckless endangerment.

Police say a 46-year-old woman reports that she and her husband had argued about her use of a pair of landscaping kneepads Saturday evening. Officials say the couple is divorcing but working together on a landscaping project. The woman says that her husband wanted her to use a different, scuffed pair of kneepads.

The woman says Fischer was leaving in his pickup with the kneepads when he revved the engine and struck her on the right side.

A district judge set a $500 bond. A lawyer for Fischer wasn't immediately available.

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