BECKER COUNTY, Minn. (KFGO) – The Minnesota State Patrol says the driver of a fatal crash in Becker County on Wednesday wasn’t wearing his seatbelt and that alcohol was involved in the crash.
The single-vehicle wreck happened at approximately 11:19 p.m. on Highway 34 in Carsonville Township, located between Detroit Lakes and Park Rapids.
According to the patrol, 21-year-old Mathew Gibson, of Osage was driving in a pickup westbound on Hwy. 34 when the vehicle left the highway and rolled into the ditch.
Gibson was dead at the scene.