A motorcycle rider was injured after colliding with a horse trailer near Velva Saturday afternoon.
The Highway Patrol said Curt Gran, 43, of Penwaukee, Wis., was riding a 2007 Honda motorcycle northbound on N.D. Highway 41 five miles north of Velva when the accident occurred shortly before 2 p.m. Carl Imazawisuna, 70, of Griswold, Man., was driving a Dodge pickup truck towing a horse trailer with two horses and tried to turn right when Gran struck the left side of the trailer.
Gran, who was wearing a helmet, was injured and transported to Trinity Hospital. Imazawisuna and two other passengers in the pickup, Gus Higheagle, 60, of Pipestone, Man., and Jonathon Atkinson, 23, of Ginew, Man., were all wearing seat belts and were uninjured.