Suspect hospitalized after hiding in Stutsman County slough

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say a driver who fled from a North Dakota State Patrol trooper is hospitalized in Fargo with severe hypothermia after hiding in a slough to avoid arrest. According to the patrol, the trooper attempted to stop the man on Interstate 94 near Jamestown about 7:30 p.m. Monday (March 21, 2022). Officials say the man left the interstate, traveled down a gravel road and waded or swam across the swamp. Law enforcement officers entered the water and located the suspect about 1 1/2 hours later. He was taken by ambulance to a Jamestown medical center, then later transferred to a Fargo hospital.