UTV driver dies in rollover near Alexandria

People driving by stopped and got the utility terrain vehicle off the rider, officials said.

August 17, 2022 at 8:31PM

Authorities identified the driver of a utility terrain vehicle (UTV) who died in a rollover west of Alexandria, Minn.

Jennifer Lynn Craig, 39, of Alexandria, died in the crash about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday on southbound Wild Rose Lane south of Hwy. 27, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office said.

People driving by stopped, called emergency dispatch, got the UTV off the rider and "began lifesaving measures," a Sheriff's Office statement read.

Craig died at the scene, the Sheriff's Office said.

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