Ambulance rolls on icy bridge deck in metro

Two ambulance crew members were injured Friday morning in a rollover crash in West Fargo.

According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, a 2018 Ford ambulance, driven by 32-year-old Michael Wicklund, of Fergus Falls, Minn., was transporting a patient in a Grant Robert Ambulance from Sisseton, South Dakota, to Sanford Hospital in Fargo. The ambulance turned southbound onto Veterans Boulevards from westbound I-94 with its emergency lights and siren activated.

Wicklund lost control of the ambulance on the icy overpass bridge deck and struck the west curb, causing the ambulance to roll on its side.

31-year-old Evan Bertsh and 21-year-old Jaadon Ries, who were in the back of the ambulance caring for the 34-year-old male patient, were injured.The Highway Patrol says the patient was sedated and it is unknown if he suffered further injuries in the crash.

Wicklund was not injured.