MAHNOMEN — Two people died in separate car crashes in Mahnomen County on Tuesday, Sept. 16.
The Mahnomen County Sheriff's Office stated in a news release that a 17-year-old Waubun boy was killed in a rollover crash around 8:30 a.m., north of Waubun.
Responding officers found a pickup lying on its side in the roadway. The driver Cash Tibbetts was also found lying in the roadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The preliminary investigation determined Tibbetts was traveling at a high rate of speed while navigating a turn on a gravel road and lost control. He was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle.
The second fatal crash was near the Mahnomen-Norman County line on Highway 200 around 7 p.m.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 20-year-old Mahnomen man was reportedly intoxicated when he struck a tractor towing a piece of equipment. Passenger 53-year-old Robert Keezer was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver was arrested for driving while intoxicated and criminal vehicular homicide. The tractor driver was reportedly uninjured.
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