The Polk County Sheriff’s Office this morning released the name of the person killed Tuesday morning north of Crookston when he was accidentally run over by a gravel truck at the Enbridge oil pipeline site.
Douglas Edward Peck, 54, of rural Crookston died at the scene when he was backed over by a Bertils Gravel truck and trailer driven by John Bertils, 46, of Crookston.
“At this time the incident appears to be a terrible tragedy,” the PCSO states in its release.
An autopsy at the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office is pending, and the investigation is continuing.
