Police search for hit-and-run driver

DILWORTH, Minn. — Police here are searching for a driver who allegedly crashed into a vehicle at a Fargo bar and then fled on foot from a traffic stop early Friday in Dilworth.

Fargo police were called at 1:43 a.m. to a disturbance at The Hub. Bar staff identified the driver of a car as a potential suspect in the disturbance, Lt. Joel Vettel said.

An officer approached the car from the front and indicated he needed to talk to the driver, who then put the car in reverse, hitting one vehicle and nearly striking several pedestrians, Vettel said.

A Dilworth officer later stopped the vehicle for a broken taillight and identified the driver, Police Chief Josh Ebert said, but when asked to perform field sobriety tests, the driver ran.

Authorities weren’t releasing the name of suspect Friday, but Ebert said that police may publicly identify him at some point to seek the public’s help in finding him.

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