Body Recovered In Crookston

UPDATE 2:24pm:

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has recovered the body of a man from the Red Lake River. Law enforcement began searching the river in Crookston after reports of a vehicle driving off the road and going into the water.

The initial call came in around 2:20 a.m. on Friday, October 13 for a crash report near the intersection of Houston Ave. and S. Broadway in Crookston. The caller reported a vehicle left the road near the Red Lake River bridge and went into the water. The body of 26-year-old William Mark Tuseth of Crookston has been recovered. Officials believe he was the driver and only person in the vehicle when it entered the river. The vehicle, a 2010 Chevy Impala, was also recovered from the water.

(Original story) CROOKSTON, MN—Law enforcement is searching the Red Lake River in Crookston after reports of a vehicle driving off the road and going into the water.  The Polk County Sheriff’s Departments says it got the call around 2:20 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 13 for a crash report near the intersection of Houston Ave. and S. Broadway in Crookston. The caller reported a vehicle left the road near the Red Lake River bridge and went into the water.  Deputies say there is damage in that area possibly linked to the crash.  The Grand Forks County Dive Team is on scene trying to find the potential vehicle.