GWINNER, N.D. (NDHP) – A Gwinner man was seriously injured during a two vehicle crash on Monday, August 22nd near Gwinner.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol said 52-year-old Christopher Lee McFarland was driving a Case tractor pulling a mower trailer, west bound on ND Highway 13, 1 mile west of Gwinner, ND. A Volvo truck driven by 43-year-old Ryan Roger Unterseher of Lidgerwood, ND was also westbound and came upon the tractor while it was driving on the roadway. Unterseher was distracted by something near his feet and failed to see the tractor. He rear ended the mower the tractor was pulling.
The tractor and mower were pushed into the north ditch where they separated and rolled. McFarland was ejected out of the rear of the tractor and came to rest in the north ditch. The truck and tanker combination entered the north ditch before coming to rest upright. McFarland was seriously injured and taken by Gwinner Ambulance to the Lisbon Hospital, before transported to Sanford Health in Fargo.
Unterseher was transported by Forman Ambulance to Lisbon Hospital for treatment of his injuries. Both vehicles sustained heavy damage and were totaled during the crash. The crash remains under investigation by the NDHP.