Man dies in rollover crash in Cass County

The victim was a passenger in a car whose driver may have been intoxicated, according to the State Patrol. The driver survived.

October 29, 2016 at 10:30PM

A 23-year-old man was killed early Saturday in a rollover crash in Cass County.

Samuel Wilson, of Federal Dam, was a passenger in a 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix traveling on Hwy. 200 near Onigum Road around 4 a.m., according to the Minnesota State Patrol. The car ran off the right side of the road, struck a tree and rolled several times.

The driver, Phillip C. Nelson, 31, of St. Paul, was taken to Park Rapids Hospital with noncritical injuries. Alcohol was detected on Nelson, according to the patrol. He was not wearing a seat belt. Wilson was.

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