Cooperstown Man Identified, Died In Accident

McVille, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Sept 10, 2013)  — The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the Cooperstown man who died in and accident Monday morning, about 8:35, about three miles northwest of McVille, along 109th Avenue, Northeast.

The Patrol says, 50 year old Ernest Brager, died when the garbage truck he was a passenger in left the road and rolled.

The truck was driven by 19 year old J.J. Zaun, 19, also of Cooperstown.

Zaun was treated and released at the McVille Hospital.

Brager was ejected from the truck and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

Reported previously…

McVille, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Sept 9, 2013) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports that a 50-year-old Cooperstown man died, after he was ejected from a Freightliner truck in a garbage truck rollover northwest of McVille Monday around -8:35a.m.

The garbage truck was northbound on 109th Avenue Northeast, about three miles northwest of McVille.

The report says the truck lost traction on a wet gravel road, entered the ditch and rolled one time.

The passenger who died, was not immediately identified.

The driver of the truck, is listed as 19-year-old J.J. Zaun.

Zaun was taken to the McVille hospital where he was treated and released.

The passenger was pronounced dead at the scene.

The accident remains under investigation.