Mar 20, 2016 | By: Lakeland PBS

UPDATED: One Man Killed, Two Injured in Thursday Night Car Accident in Itasca County

A Bovey man died Thursday night in a single-vehicle rollover in Itasca County near Goodland, Minn. A Bemidji man and a Cass Lake man were also injured in the accident.

Bovey MN AccidentAccording to the Minnesota State Patrol, Mark Wirtjes, 56, of Bovey, was traveling southbound on state Highway 65 around 11:37 p.m. when it went off the road and rolled. Wirtjes was ejected from the 2015 Ford LGT truck and pronounced dead at the scene.

Christopher Smith, 29, of Bemidji, sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital in Hibbing. Michael Vail, 32, of Cass Lake, also sustained non-noncritical injuries and was taken to the hospital in Grand Rapids.

According to the report, it is not clear who was driving the vehicle; road conditions were wet near milepost 160. No other details were immediately available, the patrol said.

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