Man found dead in stolen car
05.07.11
In South Moorhead is RUSSELL DEAN THOMPSON (19 year old of South Moorhead).
The Minnesota State Patrol will be collecting data today at the accident scene for their fatality accident report. The accident is under investigation.
ORIGINAL STORY
It appears the car veered off of 34th Street near the Moorhead Industrial Park. It hit a fence and ended up in some bushes. People working at a nearby business noticed the fence damage and then the car this afternoon. The driver was dead in the vehicle.
Police say the driver was an adult male. They do not know if the man died in the crash or if something else caused his death.
5PM update from Moorhead Police:
On Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at approximately 1:10pm, Moorhead Police was dispatched to the area of 34 St and 30 Ave S for a vehicle crash. Workers at a nearby business noted a hole in a fence that surrounds their property. Upon inspection of the damaged fence, they noted a heavily damaged vehicle on the other side of the fence in an area surrounded by trees and tall grass.
Source: Valley News Live