One-vehicle crash results in fire

A one-vehicle accident resulted in a fire in the National Buffalo Museum pasture Sunday night. The accident occurred about 9:50 p.m.

Cheyenne Doble, 26, Little Falls, Minn., was traveling eastbound on U.S. Interstate 94 near exit 258 in a 1997 GMC Suburban. Another vehicle entered the highway from the onramp. As Doble moved toward the median to make room for the merging vehicle, the left wheel on her trailer dropped off the roadway into the median. Doble’s vehicle and trailer then crossed the median, went into the westbound lane and into the north road ditch, striking a fence post and continued into the buffalo pasture. Doble was not hurt; she was wearing a seat belt. Damage to the vehicle and trailer were not listed.

During the accident, the trailer became disconnected from the Suburban. When Doble attempted to drive out of the pasture heat from the vehicle exhaust started a grass fire.

Five Jamestown Fire Department units and 27 firefighters were on the scene for about 55 minutes extinguishing the blaze, according to Sheldon Mohr, training officer.

The fire caused no injuries and there were no reports of damage from the fire.

Units from the North Dakota Highway Patrol, Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, the Jamestown Police Department and the Jamestown Fire Department responded to the accident.

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