Police in South St. Paul are still investigating a fatal car accident in a city neighborhood that killed the driver of the vehicle and a passenger.
The 2007 Cadillac driven by James Melford Trone, 44, of South St. Paul, rolled and then struck a house after Trone lost control at the intersection of 7th Avenue South and 9th Street South.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch reported that Trone was extracted from the vehicle and taken to Regions Hospital, where he died. His passenger, Robert Alfred Smith, 47, also of South St. Paul, was dead at the scene.
South St. Paul Police Chief Dan Vujovich told the newspaper that the State Patrol is helping to investigate the cause of the Minnesota fatal car accident. It happened shortly after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The chief said there was nothing to suggest that alcohol played any role in the crash.
When someone dies in a Minnesota car accident due to the negligence of another, the spouse and next of kin can recover monetary damages for the car accident death under Minnesota Statutes, section 573.
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