Bar owner’s blood alcohol level was 0.34 during fatal crash

ALBERT LEA — Bar owner Michael Skov, who died in a car crash in April on Minnesota Highway 13, had a blood-alcohol content of over four times the legal limit, according to officials Thursday.

Michael “Bass” Skov’s blood alcohol content was 0.34 when he collided head-on with a 2008 Cadillac CTS, according to Minnesota State Patrol Sgt. Christina Krueger. The legal limit is 0.08.

The State Patrol has not released the full report yet.

Skov’s death certificate lists heart failure as the cause of death; however, it listed other contributing factors such as being intensely drunk at the time of being in severely poor health. It also notes the injuries that occurred at or near the time of death also contributed, which means if the man wasn’t already dead at the time of the crash, he was dying.

Skov owned the Bend in the Road bar in Manchester.

In the Cadillac were driver Alex Kast, 17, and passengers Chaz Mithun, 16, and Jeremy Hyman, 27. They were treated at the hospital in Albert Lea and released the next day.

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