BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer crashed right into a North Dakota sheriff’s automobile throughout a police chase, pushing it right into a deputy and killing him, in line with authorities and the Republican senator’s household.
Ian Cramer, of Bismarck, was arrested and jailed following Wednesday’s crash, and prices are pending, the North Dakota Freeway Patrol mentioned in a information launch. The title of the Mercer County deputy who was killed has not been launched, and the sheriff’s workplace did not instantly reply to a Thursday voicemail searching for additional data.
“We ask the general public for prayers for the misplaced officer’s household and colleagues who serve us day-after-day and are grateful for all they do for us,” Kevin Cramer mentioned in a press release.
The primary-term senator wrote that his son “suffers from critical psychological problems which manifest in extreme paranoia and hallucinations.” Earlier Wednesday, Ian Cramer insisted on “going to his brother Ike,” who died in 2018, in accordance the assertion, which does not additional clarify what which means. In consequence, the senator’s spouse, Kris, took Ian Cramer to the Sanford Well being emergency room in Bismarck.
When Kris Cramer bought out of the household’s Chevrolet Tahoe, Ian Cramer bought into the motive force’s seat and drove off, Kevin Cramer mentioned. The senator’s daughter tracked the SUV by way of a cellphone and alerted the authorities.
The freeway patrol mentioned a Mercer County deputy noticed Cramer and the SUV within the city of Hazen. Cramer fled and, throughout the chase, crashed at round 6 p.m. into an unoccupied Mercer County Sheriff’s automobile that was parked on the aspect of a state freeway close to Hazen, mentioned Mark Schmitt, chief deputy for Mercer County.
A deputy was standing behind the parked automobile and getting ready to deploy a tire deflation gadget to finish the chase. The influence of the crash pushed the automobile into the deputy, killing him.
Ian Cramer was taken to a hospital in Hazen after which to the Mercer County Jail in Stanton.
Kevin Cramer was elected to the Senate in 2018 after serving three phrases within the Home. Along with Ian and Ike, Cramer and his spouse have one different son, two daughters and 6 grandchildren, in line with a biography on Cramer’s Senate net web page.
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Salter reported from O’Fallon, Missouri.
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