Both Tolbert and passenger Joel Kennard Little, 34, also of Minot, were injured in the crash.

Little was hospitalized in Oakes, Jamestown and then Sanford Medical Center in Fargo before he died Thursday, Dvorak said

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal crash that occurred at approximately 5:30 P.M. on Friday, November 28th, 2014. Thirty-five-year-old Manuel Rios-Esparza of Omaha was driving a 2003 Chevy Tahoe southbound on S.W. 56th Street between West Denton Road and West Yankee Hill Road. Evidence indicates Esparza lost control of the vehicle on a gravel road as it crested a hill. The vehicle then entered the west ditch, struck a fence, entered the field and rolled multiple times. A single occupant was driving a 2003 Chevy Tahoe southbound on S.W. 56th Street between West Denton Road and West Yankee Hill Road. Evidence indicates the vehicle lost control on the gravel road as it crested a hill. The vehicle then entered the west ditch, struck a fence, entered a field and rolled multiple times.

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