YOUNG MAN DIES IN THIEF RIVER CRASH

The State Patrol said a man driving a Chevvy Suburban pulled out to pass another vehicle on Highway 32 near Thief River Falls yesterday morning and collided head on with a man driving a Ford Crown Victoria. The Crown Vic driver, 21-year old Jesse Lian of St. Hillaire died at the scene and had to be extricated from the wreckage with the jaws of life-device. Lian's girlfriend was reportedly following him in another vehicle and saw the crash at just after 8:30am. The Suburban driver was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.