By Associated Press - Thursday, September 29, 2016

GLADSTONE, N.D. (AP) - A semitrailer crash in the western North Dakota oil patch has killed the driver.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the semi hauling a flatbed trailer went in the ditch off a gravel Stark County road near Gladstone and rolled about 3:20 p.m. Wednesday.

The driver was identified as 45-year-old Jared Lewton, of Hettinger. The Highway Patrol says Lewton was alone in the semi and was pronounced dead at the scene.



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