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High Wind — La Moure, North Dakota
November 6, 2022 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Verona NDDOT site reported wind gusts to 66 mph. Along Highway 281 ten miles north of Edgeley at 9:07 AM CST, a pickup truck was northbound pulling an empty enclosed trailer. The trailer was flipped by the high winds and detached, causing the pickup truck to rotate left into the southbound lane, into the path of a semi-truck that was attempting to pass the pickup truck. The pickup truck was struck and subsequently overturned. The driver of the pickup truck was seriously injured, and the passenger died.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.