UPDATE: Passenger killed, driver charged in OWI accident

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Published: Sep. 23, 2018 at 3:28 PM CDT
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UPDATE: TOWN OF TURTLE, WIS (WIFR) One man is killed after a roll-over crash near Beloit on Sunday.

The Rock County Sheriff's Office responded to a crash around 4:00 a.m. Sunday in Turtle Township for reports of a single vehicle roll-over crash. A rear-seat passenger, a 27-year-old man from Lena was taken to the hospital for his injuries, where he later died. Police report that he was not wearing a seat belt.

A front seat passenger, a 34-year-old man from Freeport, and the driver, a 35-year-old man from Freeport, were both wearing a seat belts at the time of the crash.

The 35-year-old has been identified as Cori Reed of Freeport. Reed is charged with Causing Injury by Intoxicated Use of a Motor Vehicle, Causing Great Bodily Harm by Intoxicated Use of Motor Vehicle and Operating While Intoxicated.

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TOWN OF TURTLE, WIS (WIFR) A man is injured in a single vehicle roll-over crash.

Investigators say they responded to the crash around 4:04 a.m. in a cornfield outside of Beloit in the Town of Turtle Township.

The investigation revealed that a driver in a black SUV didn’t stop for a marked intersection with County Highway S. It then hit a ditch, rolled several times while in the air, and fell onto its roof in a cornfield.

A 34-year-old man and a 27-year-old Lena man were both passengers. The driver and front seat passenger were wearing seat belts. The back seat passenger was not wearing a seat belt and had substantial injuries.

35-year-old Cori Reed of Freeport is charged with Causing Injury by Intoxicated Use of a Motor Vehicle, Causing Great Bodily Harm by Intoxicated Use of Motor Vehicle and Operating While Intoxicated.