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Patrol: Rollover Crash Kills 1 In Itasca County

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A rollover crash early Sunday morning in Itasca County left a 29-year-old man dead.

The State Patrol reports that the crash happened shortly after midnight on Highway 65 south of Swan Lake. A Chevrolet Silverado went off road into a ditch, hit an embankment and crashed into a group of trees.

Officials found the truck's driver, identified as Nicholas Peterson of Cambridge, dead at the scene.

The patrol said he was not wearing a seat belt and alcohol was detected in his system.

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