MORSE TOWNSHIP, Minn. — A 27-year-old Ely man was killed when his pickup truck left the road Monday evening.
William Orion Lloyd Fearn was driving his 2004 Ford F150 eastbound on the 2100 block of Grant McMahan Boulevard at approximately 5:40 p.m. when his truck went into the northside ditch and struck a power pole, according to a news release from the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office.
Fearn was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no passengers.
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