Driver rolls SUV on Wright County curve, thrown to his death

May 20, 2014 at 4:52AM

A driver rolled his SUV on a curve on a country road in Wright County and was thrown to his death, authorities said Monday.

The crash occurred about 6:45 p.m. Sunday on County Road 6 near 107th Street, about 5 miles south of Howard Lake, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Leon P. Fiecke, 54, who lived about 2 miles north of where the crash occurred, was thrown from the northbound vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.

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