Pair seriously hurt in rollover crash near Stanley

STANLEY, N.D. (KMOT) – A Minnesota man suffered life-threatening injuries and another was hurt as well when a vehicle left the roadway early Monday morning, just south of Stanley, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

Investigators said the driver, a 19-year-old man from Worthington, Minnesota, was headed east on 61st Street NW around 12:30 a.m. when he passed through the intersection with Highway 8 and lost control on the gravel roadway.

The patrol said the vehicle vaulted off the edge of a south approach, rolled multiple times and came to rest on its passenger side.

The driver suffered life-threatening injuries, and his passenger, a 19-year-old man from Wilmont, Minnesota, was seriously hurt.

Neither man was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, which remains under investigation.

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