1 Dead In Douglas County After Car Tumbles Across 2 Roads

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- One man is dead after his car rolled off the road in Douglas County early Friday morning.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, 28-year-old Rhett Peters of Hutchinson was driving on Highway 29 just over the border between Douglas and Pope Counties when his 2000 Ford Explorer car rounded a curve and toppled over.

Police say the car tumbled all the way off the road, across S. Maple Lake Road and back onto Highway 29 where it finally came to a stop.

Rhett was ejected from the car in the rollover, and was pronounced dead on the scene when first responders arrived.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Department, North Ambulance and Forada Fire Department assisted