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(CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified 60 year old William J. Hazen, of Middlesex, Pennsylvania,  as the man killed Saturday in a rollover crash near Tolna.

The crash happened at 11 p.m.  on Nelson County Road 24, 1 3/4 miles west of Tolna.

The report says Hazen was driving a 1991 GMC pickup west on the gravel county road when the pickup failed to negotiate a curve entering  the north ditch. Hazen overcorrected, the vehicle came out of the ditch and he lost control of the pickup. The vehicle went into the ditch again and rolled into a slough. Hazen was ejected from the vehicle and later pronounced dead at the scene.

Hazen was not wearing his seat belt.

Nelson County Sheriff’s Department and Tolna Ambulance and Fire along with the North Dakota Highway Patrol responded to the scene.

The pickup was totaled.

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

 

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(CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, a 60 year old man has died whe he rolled his pickup west of Tolna on Saturday.

He was westbound on Nelson County Road 24 and failed to negotiate a small curve and entered a ditch.

The driver over corrected and came out of the ditch, losing control and then rolling into a slew,and was ejected.

The unidentified man was later pronounced dead at the scene.

He was not wearing his seatbelt.

The accident is still under investigation by the Highway Patrol

The name of the man and his hometown is being withheld pending notification of family members.