Thursday, June 25, 2015

2 TEENS KILLED, 2 INJURED AFTER A 2010 DODGE PICKUP HIT THE SHOULDER OF THE I-94 INTERSTATE, OVERCORRECTED, AND THEN ROLLED IN THE MEDIAN IN MINNESOTA. SEMI-TRUCK IS SOUGHT FOR ITS ROLE IN THE CRASH





JUNE 25, 2015

I-94, MN

UPDATE: Memorial services are now set for two Moorhead brothers killed in one-car rollover on I-94 Tuesday.

The funeral for Zachary and Connor Kvalvog is Monday, June 29, at Bethel Church in Fargo.

Visitation is from 9 to 10 a.m., with the funeral to follow at 10.

The Minnesota State Patrol is asking for the public’s help in locating the driver of a semi following that double fatal crash in western Minnesota Tuesday morning.
Zach and Connor Kvalvog were the Park Christian students killed in the crash. 

Sources say Zach was driving the Dodge pickup when he hit the shoulder of the interstate, overcorrected, and then rolled in the median.

Mark Schwandt, also a Park Christian student, was listed in satisfactory condition at Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls. He is the youngest of five brothers from the Moorhead area.

Jimmy Morton, who is from Mississippi, suffered head trauma and was transported to Sanford Health in Fargo.

The pickup rolled in the median of eastbound I-94 near Dalton, killing the Kvalvog brother. A surviving passenger in the truck told State Patrol investigators that a semi-truck was extremely close to the pickup at the time of the crash. Crash reconstruction supports the passenger’s statement. 

The semi-truck is described as white box-type trailer with a green or red tractor. 

The semi-truck was eastbound on I-94 from the accident scene at approximately 9:08 a.m. Tuesday. Anyone who witnessed the crash or may have information about the semi-truck or its driver is asked to call the Minnesota State Patrol at 218-846-8244.

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MINNESOTA BROTHERS DIE IN CRASH ON WAY TO WISCONSIN DELLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.

TWO OTHER BOYS IN THE TRUCK WERE HOSPITALIZED WITH INJURIES. 

By Paul Walsh Star Tribune 

June 24, 2015 — 5:30pm 

A pickup truck rolled over Tuesday morning and crashed along Interstate 94 southeast of Fergus Falls, Minn., killing two teenage brothers among four teens traveling from the Moorhead area to a basketball tournament in Wisconsin.
The crash occurred about 9:10 a.m. on I-94 near Dalton, the State Patrol said.
Driver Zach Kvalvog, 18, and his brother Connor, 14, were killed, according to Park Christian basketball coach Josh Lee.

Lee said Mark Schwandt, 17, and Jimmy Morton, 18, were hospitalized. The patrol said Schwandt’s injuries were non-life threatening and Morton’s were serious.

All but Morton were members of the Park Christian basketball program. Morton is from Jackson, Miss., according to the patrol.

The pickup hit the shoulder on the left side of the eastbound lanes, and the driver “overcorrected to the right and then rolled into the median,” the patrol said in a statement. “[The] vehicle ended up in the westbound lanes of I-94.”
Park Christian President Kent Hannestad said the four were heading to a basketball tournament in the Wisconsin Dells area. Hannestad added that Morton was considering a transfer to Park Christian.

When word of the crash began circulating, a number of people came to the school late Tuesday morning “just to pray and cry and process the information for a little bit,” Hannestad said.

A prayer service was scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the school.

“Our school’s heart aches today,” read a posting on the school’s Twitter account.