The True Story of a Teen, a Speeding Car and a Race to Save His Life

The True Story of a Teen, a Speeding Car and a Race to Save His Life

Catherine Dutcher had just turned into the Hardee’s parking lot to pick up dinner for her family on an otherwise routine Tuesday evening last Septemberin rural West Fargo, North Dakota, when her phone rang.“Mom,” her 18-year-old son, Sam Dutcher, said when she answered, “it’s happening again.” Catherine knew immediately what “it” was.About a week and a half earlier, Sam was behind the wheel of his mother’s pearl white 2022 Honda Pilot SUV when i…