5 killed, 8 injured in southwestern Minnesota head-on crash
Summary
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Five people were killed in a crash Friday evening in Cottonwood County.
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The passenger van and the SUV collided head-on.
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8 people were injured in the accident, 2 of whom had life-threatening injuries.
GERMANTOWN TOWNSHIP, Min. (FOX 9) – 5 people died and 8 people were injured in the conflict head-on collision Friday night in Germantown Township.
Fatal crash in Cottonwood County
What do we know?
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, around 4:45 p.m., a man was driving an SUV northbound on Highway 71 while another man was driving a passenger van southbound on the highway. The two vehicles then collided head-on near 240th Street.
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5 people died and 8 people were injured in the accident. Authorities stated that 2 people had non-life-threatening injuries and 6 people had non-life-threatening injuries.
Police identified the following people among the dead:
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The driver of the SUV was 67-year-old Martin Hanson.
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73-year-old Kathleen Johnson
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73-year-old Richard Johnson
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Lindsey Rossow, 47
There were no passengers in the SUV.
what we don’t know
Authorities did not release the identity of the 42-year-old man driving the passenger van or the extent of his injuries.
It is currently unknown what caused or led to the crash.
Source
A crash report from the Minnesota State Patrol.
