On Saturday morning, April 25, a man from Litchville, N.D. died near Valley City when he suffered a medical condition while driving.
According to the state Highway Patrol the accident happened shortly before 10.30 a.m. on state Highway 1, around a mile south of the Interstate 94 ramp and two miles southwest of Valley City. Dennis Shape, aged 63 and his wife Diane, the same age were traveling northbound in a Chevy Silverado. Dennis Shape was driving when he suffered a medical condition, lost control of the car and went into the east ditch. The pickup continued moving for a few hundred yards more before coming to a stop when it hit a pile of rocks at the edge of a field.
A state trooper with a defibrillator tried to resuscitate Dennis and an ambulance crew continued when they arrived but he was already dead by the time he reached the hospital. Diane Shape suffered minor injuries.
The Highway Patrol said both were wearing seatbelts and the crash remains under investigation.
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