The driver in the west-central Minnesota crash of a fire truck that killed one passenger and severely injured another is suspected of having been under the influence of alcohol, according to a search warrant filed in Yellow Medicine County District Court.

According to the search warrant, first responders found several beer cans in the ditch where the Wood Lake Fire Department truck crashed on Sept. 26 while returning from a local high school homecoming parade.

Patrick Steven Remiger, 43, of Wood Lake, was identified as the passenger who died at the scene of the 6:30 p.m. crash. Reminger was found underneath the truck, according to the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office. He was a retired firefighter, according to the Wood Lake Fire Department.

Authorities believe that Andrew Vanheck

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