Oconeean dead after North Dakota accident

Word has been received of the death of a 19-year old Oconeean involved in a car accident this month near Minot, North Dakota. Sandifer Funeral Home of Westminster will announce arrangements for Christopher Lewin, a West-Oak graduate, who died early today. The North Dakota Highway Patrol reported Lewin’s SUV last week caught fire after skidding off a highway and became wedged under a bridge. He was later flown to a hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota.