Video Shows Pickup Truck Driver Not Responsible For Fatal Detroit Lakes Bike Crash – Detroit Lakes Tribune

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DETROIT LAKES Home security video of the collision between a bicycle and a van that claimed the life of a Detroit Lakes man on Sunday appears to show that the driver of the van was not responsible for the accident, according to a press release Detroit Lakes Police Department press release.

Mark Knutson, 53, general manager of Detroit Mountain Recreation Area and longtime executive director of the Fargo Marathon, was biking westbound on the 1100 block of South Shore Drive in Detroit Lakes when he was hit just after 7 a.m. morning hours on Sunday, July 9. , by a van pulling a boat on a trailer.

Video shows Knutson losing control of his bike and falling into the path of the passing boat trailer.

Rescue measures were taken on Knutson at the scene, and he was transported by Life Link III helicopter to Sanford Hospital in Fargo, where he died.

The driver of the van was Jacob Grabowski, 42, of Fargo, and the video corroborates the drivers’ statements to investigators, according to the news release.

With the information available at this time, it does not appear that (Grabowski) violated any criminal or traffic laws, the press release said.

Investigators are awaiting a medical examiner’s report and the Minnesota State Patrol’s final reconstruction report.

Once the medical examiners’ report and the Minnesota State Patrols’ report are received, the entire case will be provided to the Becker County prosecutors’ office for final review and determination if charges are applicable, the court says. Press release.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 15 at Hope Lutheran Church – South Campus in Fargo, according to the obituary website Echovita.

Detroit Lakes Tribune newsroom

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