FARGO — A Minot man who left his tow truck on an interstate in Cass County earlier than
a car crashed
into it has been accused twice of
driving with a suspended license As a Outcome of the crash,
a pattern that dates again shut toly a decade.
Mario Dewayne Butler, 43, faces two Class A misdemeanors in Ward County District Courtroom — one every for visitors stops on April 1 And ought to 31. The two costs would make for his fourth and fifth driving beneath suspension relys in 5 yrs in North Dakota if convicted, which means he might face virtually a yr in jail for every rely.
Prosecutors are reviewing whether or not Butler ought to face costs for his half in a Jan. 22 crash shut to Tower Metropolis, North Dakota. After experiencing mechanical factors round 9 p.m. that day, Butler left his 1997 Worldwide flatbed tow truck Inside the biggest westbound lane of Interstate 94 about 3 miles east of the small city, Based mostly on the North Dakota Freeway Patrol.
A photographgraph of the Hagerott household from An internet-based fundraiser Arrange after Kelli Hagerott, 43, was killed in a two-car crash on Interstate 94 shut to Tower Metropolis, North Dakota.
Family photograph by way of GoFundMe
Butler had referred to as a tow truck however acquired a journey from a motorist earlier than assist arrived, state troopers said. It is unknown if emergency lights on his car have been activated.
Timothy Hagerott, of Bismarck, struck Butler’s tow truck from behind with a 2017 GMC Yukon, a information launch said. The crash killed Hagerott’s spouse, Kelli. It additionally critically injured Hagerott and his two daughters.
Butler’s license was suspended On the time of the crash, Based mostly on …….