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Authorities ID Victim Of Semitrailer Crash Near Wahpeton

WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) — The Highway Patrol has identified a truck driver who died when his semitrailer veered off Interstate 29 south of Wahpeton.

Authorities say 71-year-old William Lyman, of Ayr, was driving a semi that went through a ditch, into a field and then vaulted over a drainage ditch about 12:45 p.m. Tuesday.

Lyman was pronounced dead at a hospital in Breckenridge, Minnesota.

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