Wrong-way driver arrested after 12-mile chase in North Dakota

A Missouri man was arrested Saturday evening, July 27, for driving the wrong way on Interstate 29 after Traill County Sheriff’s Office officers engaged in a 12-mile chase, the North Dakota Highway Patrol reported.

Jerrid Klements, 34, of Lees Summit, Missouri, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in the presence of minors and reckless driving. He was also charged with driving without liability insurance, open container of alcohol, driving the wrong way and registration violations, police reported Sunday.

According to the patrol report:

At approximately 9:15 p.m. on Saturday, a Trail County Sheriff’s Office deputy attempted to stop a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Interstate 29 in Traill County.

The pursuit of the SUV lasted 12 miles and ended when the driver pulled into the median near mile marker 88 in Cass County and stopped.

There were two children in the vehicle at the time of the arrest. Both were uninjured. Neither the children’s ages nor their names were mentioned in the report.