Dilworth man found “frozen” in Moorhead ditch
January 22, 2009
Authorities from Clay County found a man, thought to have been from Dilworth, in a Moorhead ditch shortly after 9:00 am. The man’s limbs had frozen and his pulse was so week that initially deputies thought the man might be dead.
Clay County Sheriff Bill Berquist the man was in surgery this afternoon at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo. Authorities were still trying to locate relatives of the man this afternoon.
Berquist said the department received a call about 9:00 am indicating there was possibly a dead person in the ditch. When deputies arrived, they found the man’s limbs frozen solid and his pulse was almost undetectable.
Deputies located the man’s vehicle in the ditch in the 6300 block of 28th Street North. Berquist said that it appeared the vehicle had continued off the road into the ditch. Berquist said they were unsure how long the vehicle had been stuck in the snow.
