APPLE VALLEY, Minn. — A St. Cloud Police Officer was involved in a crash this week, and the police chief is now saying he is not expected to survive.

Ryan Matthew Ebert of Big Lake was driving north on Highway 77 in Apple Valley Monday night when he collided with a transit bus and the cable barrier, Minnesota State Patrol says.

St. Cloud Police Chief Jeff Oxton said in a press release that Ebert is an 18-year veteran of the department, where he served as an investigator and patrol officer. He also said Ebert was not on duty at the time of the crash.

Minnesota State Patrol states Ebert was not wearing a seatbelt, and alcohol may have been a contributing factor to the crash. However, Oxton says hospital staff indicated he had only "very small or trace-amount of alcohol in his system, si

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