Patrol identifies N.D. man killed in crash

VOSS, N.D. — Steven Eugene Hovde, 62, was killed and Jeannie Lynn Stockert, 47, was injured in the Wednesday morning accident near Voss, according to the state Highway Patrol.

The names of the Forest River, N.D., residents were withheld by the patrol until Thursday afternoon.

Hovde was westbound in a Chevrolet Silverado pickup on Walsh County Road 15 and Stockert was his passenger. The vehicle left the road about 2 miles west of Voss, entered a ditch, vaulted over the driveway, landed in the ditch and came to rest on its wheels.

Stockert was taken to the hospital by a passerby. Hovde declined and was found dead by emergency crews arriving on the scene.

The patrol said they did not wear seat belts. The accident remains under investigation.

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