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Driver in wrong-way crash intoxicated

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JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a Jamestown man involved in a deadly wrong-way crash on Interstate-94 had a blood-alcohol concentration more than three times the legal limit.

Troopers say 28-year-old Wyatt Klein's blood-alcohol concentration was .25, compared to a legal limit of .08, when he drove the wrong direction on I-94 and crashed into a West Fargo family.

Thirty-four-year-old Aaron Deutscher, his pregnant 36-year-old wife, Allison, and their 18-month-old daughter Brielle were killed as a result of the crash near Crystal Springs on July 6. Klein also died in the crash.

Troopers say Klein had been going east in the westbound lanes and struck the westbound Deutscher family.

 

Full news release from the North Dakota Highway Patrol:

The North Dakota Highway Patrol has received the results of a blood sample taken from Wyatt Klein of Jamestown. The report, provided by the ND Attorney General's Crime Laboratory, revealed that Klein's blood alcohol was 0.25, over three times higher than the legal limit of .08.

On July 6, Klein was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-94 near Crystal Springs and struck a vehicle head-on. This vehicle was driven by Aaron Deutscher of West Fargo. Deutscher, his wife Allison and daughter Brielle were killed as a result of the crash. Klein also died in the crash.

Fifty-one percent of all 2012 North Dakota fatal crashes have been attributed to alcohol. All alcohol-related crashes and fatalities are preventable.

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