Bismarck ND  (KCSi-T.V. News)  —  The North Dakota Highway Patrol

Reports, a 40-year-old Bismarck man died Friday night, (Jul 20, 2012

about 9:25,  when the pickup he was driving rolled after he swerved to miss

deer.

 The report says, Brian Lee Sumner was eastbound on the gravel

roadway on Highway 10 about three and a half miles east of Steele.

The patrol says,  Sumner apparently lost control of the 1997

 GMC Sonoma pickup after swerving to miss the animals.

 The pickup rolled two to three times and came to rest on

 its passenger side in the north ditch.

Sumner and his passengers, 47 year old Kerrie Vester, of, Tappen

and a 9-year-old girl, of Tappen, were not wearing

 seat belts and were ejected from the pickup.

Sumner died at the scene.   The passengers were injured and were

 transported to a Bismarck hospital.

The pickup was totaled.

The accident remains is under investigation.