PLYMOUTH COUNTY FATALITY (update)

ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND TWO OTHERS INJURED FOLLOWING A ONE VEHICLE ROLLOVER SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN RURAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY.

THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 2:30PM NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF POLK AVENUE AND 190TH STREET.

INVESTIGATORS SAY 17 YEAR OLD MATTHEW GERRIETTS OF REMSEN LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE WHILE HEADED SOUTH ON POLK. THE S-U-V ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES, EJECTING THE DRIVER. TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED INJURIES.

ALL THREE VICTIMS WERE TAKEN TO FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL IN LE MARS WHERE THE DRIVER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. THE TWO PASSENGERS ARE HOSPITALIZED AT FLOYD VALLEY.

THE INJURED PASSENGERS ARE 16 YEAR OLD MINDY GERRIETTS AND 15 YEAR OLD PHILP RENKEN, ALSO OF REMSEN.

THEIR CONDITIONS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESIGATION.