St. Cloud, MN (KROC-AM News) - A young man from the St. Cloud area was the victim of a fatal traffic crash this morning.

The State Patrol says 24-year-old Jhon Jaiber Prada Linarez was driving a pickup truck on Highway 23 in Benton County when he lost control just after 6 AM. The crash report indicates Waite Park man's pickup went off the roadway and crashed into a utility box and a business sign at an intersection just east of St. Cloud.

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The State Patrol has indicated that Linarez was not wearing a seatbelt. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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The Sauk Rapids Fire Department and the Mayo Clinic Ambulance also responded to the crash.

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