Victims of fatal accident near White Earth identified

The Becker County sheriff's office is identifying the mother and her two children who were killed in a head-on collision near White Earth last week.

They are 28-year-old Sheyenne Lovely Norcross, 3-year-old Rock E. Keezer III and 8-month-old Keyian A. Keezer.

The crash remains under investigation and the sheriff's office says it is still awaiting the results toxicology tests on both drivers.

Sheriff's officials say the collision happened about 11 a.m. Friday about three miles east of White Earth on County Highway 34.

A pickup truck pulling a construction trailer collided with the mother's vehicle. Both vehicles then slid off the roadway into Net Lake.

The other driver, a 40-year-old rural Ogema man, was treated for minor injuries.

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