A blood test found that alcohol was not a factor in the Sept. 26 crash that killed one passenger and severely injured another when a Wood Lake fire truck rolled over in a ditch in west-central Minnesota.

The Minnesota State Patrol accident report posted online was updated Oct. 10 to indicate that no alcohol was involved on the part of the driver — a change from the initial report posted in the hours after the crash.

The initial accident report and the updated report both indicate that alcohol was not a factor for either passenger.

Blood was drawn from the fire truck’s driver, Andrew William Vanhecke 37, of Wood Lake, when he received initial treatment for his injuries at the hospital in Marshall .

The driver and his son, Beaux Vanhecke, 6, who was a passenger in the truck, were both injured in the crash. They were first treated in Marshall and then airlifted to another location.

According to a search warrant application filed after the crash, first responders located several beer cans in the ditch where the fire truck rolled.

Passenger Patrick Steven Remiger, 43, of Wood Lake, died as a result of the crash. He was found underneath the fire truck, according to an initial accident report by the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol accident report, none of the occupants was wearing a seat belt.

The 2006 fire truck was traveling north on 490th Street around 6:40 p.m. Sept. 26 when it rolled and entered the west ditch near 160th Avenue near the Lakeview Schools in Cottonwood, according to the State Patrol.

According to the information in two search warrant applications filed as part of the crash investigation by the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office, the initial investigation found that the fire engine veered onto the east shoulder, struck a mailbox and overcorrected before rolling several times.

The Wood Lake Fire Department had participated in Lakeview Schools’ homecoming festivities earlier that day, according to a Facebook post by the department.

No criminal charges related to the crash had been filed as of Monday.

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