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Name Released in McKenzie County Crash Earlier This Week

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(McKenzie County, ND) — The name of semi-truck driver seriously injured in single vehicle accident earlier this week in McKenzie County has been released.
According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, 29-year-old Conner Gravley of El Paso, TX was the driver of a 2013 Kenworth semi pulling a side dump trailer loaded with scoria that was driving north on 142nd Ave NW near 17th Street NW in McKenzie County on Tuesday evening. The Kenworth left the roadway and began to enter the east ditch. Gravely began to overcorrect to keep the Kenworth on the roadway. The Kenworth overturned and came to rest on its roof in the east ditch of 142nd Ave NW.
Gravley was seriously injured and transported to the McKenzie County Health in Watford City and later flown to Trinity Health in Minot. The crash remains under investigation by the NDHP.