RICE (WJON News) -- A semi driver died in a crash in Benton County.

The Minnesota State Patrol says the incident happened at about 1:00 a.m. Thursday near Rice.

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The sixty-nine-year-old man from Thief River Falls was driving east on Highway 10 when the rig left the road and went into the ditch. He was not wearing a seatbelt.

The State Patrol has identified the driver as Gary Srnsky.

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