(KNSI) — The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office says a 16-year-old boy was killed in a car accident Friday morning.
According to a press release, a 911 call came in around 10:30 for a single vehicle crash in Krain Township with two people trapped in the car. First responders extricated them and pronounced Ethan Gerads dead at the scene. The 15-year-old driver was taken to CentraCare – St. Cloud Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver said he was going south on 248th Avenue just north of County Road 17 when he lost control of the car, overcorrected and went into the ditch, causing the car to roll and come to rest up against a tree.
The Minnesota State Patrol is conducting an accident reconstruction, and the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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