Driver in fatal crash charged with negligent homicide

MINOT, N.D. (AP) The driver of a car involved in a crash that killed an airman from Minot Air Force Base in July has been charged with felony negligent homicide.

Authorities say 20-year-old airman Stephen Garrett was the driver of the car in which 21-year-old Adam Barrs was killed.

Court documents say Garrett failed to negotiate a curve on the outskirts of Minot. The car crashed and caught fire. An autopsy showed Barrs died of head and neck injuries suffered in the crash.

The Highway Patrol says Garrett told a trooper that he was driving about 70 miles an hour at the time of the crash. The posted speed limit in the area is 25.

Garrett's preliminary appearance has been set for September 25th in Northwest District Court in Minot.

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