Fate of accident-prone Dunn County, ND deputy undecided

18.05.12

MANNING — Dunn County officials have yet to decide the fate of a deputy who caused three automobile accidents in the last 13 months.

Leif Anderson, a Dunn County Sheriff’s Department deputy, caused $4,000 in damages to a patrol car last week after he fell asleep at the wheel and swerved into a ditch five miles south of Dunn Center, Dunn County Sheriff Don Rockvoy said via phone during Wednesday’s county commission meeting at the courthouse in Manning.

Anderson stood in front of commissioners to explain himself during the meeting.

“I just have the worst luck in the world,” Anderson said. “Sometimes it does happen on my shift when I feel tired. I will stop the car and get out and do something about it. In this instance, it didn’t happen.”

Anderson said it has been a year since he lost control of his vehicle on Highway 22. He veered off the road while looking at his computer screen and his car crashed into a guard rail.

Source: Park Rapids Enterprise