Man Charged With Trying to Run Jessie Diggins Off the Road

AFTON, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of trying to run Olympic cross country skiing gold medalist Jessie Diggins off the road while she was roller-skiing in Minnesota has been charged with five misdemeanors.

The Pioneer Press reports that 37-year-old George Frost, of St. Mary's Point, is charged with assault, reckless driving, careless driving, disorderly conduct and nuisance on a public roadway.

Diggins, who was training with her high school coach near her hometown of Afton, says after the SUV passed them, Frost stopped in the road with a hill in the distance, then started driving next to them as they tried to pass. Diggins says she wrote the SUV's license plate number in the dirt and contacted authorities.