{"id":70698,"date":"2026-11-01T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=70698"},"modified":"2026-11-01T01:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T06:12:22","slug":"two-warren-men-22-killed-in-polk-county-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/two-warren-men-22-killed-in-polk-county-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Warren Men, 22, Killed in Polk County Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

POLK COUNTY<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) — Two young men from Warren, Minnesota, died Saturday, October 31, 2026, following a single-vehicle crash.<\/p>\n

The crash happened along County Road 20 in Polk County.<\/p>\n

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office identified the victims as Johnny Alexander Ortiz<\/strong> and Devin Michael Casares<\/strong>, both 22.<\/p>\n

Authorities confirmed that both men were pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Passerby Discovers Overturned Vehicle<\/h2>\n

Deputies received the crash report at approximately 11:50 a.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

The vehicle was found on County Road 20, approximately half a mile north of 150th Street Northwest.<\/p>\n

According to the sheriff’s office, a person passing through the area discovered the overturned vehicle.<\/p>\n

The vehicle was resting on its roof inside a water-filled drainage ditch.<\/p>\n

The passerby’s discovery led to an emergency response involving law enforcement and local firefighters.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office described the incident as a single-vehicle crash.<\/p>\n

Two Warren Residents Found Inside<\/h2>\n

Deputies and members of the Warren Fire Department arrived at the crash scene.<\/p>\n

Emergency responders located two men inside the overturned vehicle.<\/p>\n

Authorities later confirmed their identities as Johnny Alexander Ortiz and Devin Michael Casares.<\/p>\n

Both men lived in Warren, a community in northwestern Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Officials pronounced both men dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

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Two young men from Warren, Minnesota, died Saturday, October 31, 2026, following a single-vehicle crash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Multiple Emergency Agencies Respond<\/h2>\n

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office<\/a> led the response.<\/p>\n

Additional assistance came from the Minnesota State Patrol, Warren Fire and Rescue, and North Valley Health Center Ambulance.<\/p>\n

The agencies were identified in the sheriff’s office statement released on October 31.<\/p>\n

The statement did not provide further details about the emergency response.<\/p>\n

Cause of Fatal Crash Remains Unknown<\/h2>\n

Investigators have not announced what caused the vehicle to overturn.<\/p>\n

Authorities have not released information identifying the driver or explaining the events leading up to the crash.<\/p>\n

The exact time of the crash also remains unclear.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office reported the time deputies responded, not the time the vehicle overturned.<\/p>\n

No additional findings about possible contributing factors were included in the initial report.<\/p>\n

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n

Officials said no further information would be released at that time.<\/p>\n

Readers can review the published sheriff’s office statement<\/a> for the original details.<\/p>\n

I’m Adrian Cole reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Johnny Alexander Ortiz and Devin Michael Casares, both 22 and from Warren, died in an October 31 rollover crash on County Road 20 in Polk County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"","timeOption":"","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":""},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[16],"tags":[30453,3290,896,10632,946,5176],"trf_mt_town":[29438],"trf_mt_county":[29519,29511],"trf_mt_topic":[29494],"trf_mt_series":[],"class_list":["post-70698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accidents","tag-devin-michael-casares","tag-fatal-crash","tag-fire","tag-police-investigation","tag-polk-county","tag-warren"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70698"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70718,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70698\/revisions\/70718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70698"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_town","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_town?post=70698"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_county","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_county?post=70698"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_topic?post=70698"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_series?post=70698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}