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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – A 35 year-old Binford woman is dead and a man was injured after a rollover early Saturday morning near east of Binford.

Highway Patrol Sergeant Adam Dvorak reports that the driver 34 year-old Matthew Bakke of Binford was traveling westbound on Highway 65 at around 2:27 AM in a jeep. Dvorak says for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed the eastbound lane, entered the ditch, over-corrected and rolled several times before being stopped upright by a tree.

A 35 year-old female passenger died of injuries suffered in the crash. Bakke was transported to the hospital in Cooperstown and later life-flighted to Sanford Hospital in Fargo. His condition has not been released.

Sgt. Dvorak states that alcohol was a contributing factor in the crash which remains under investigation.