A mother of three was killed Tuesday in a crash with a semitrailer truck in southwestern Minnesota, the State Patrol said.
Young mom killed in southwestern Minnesota crash; her 3 small children survive
The three children, all under 5, were taken to a hospital with injuries after the crash near Wheaton.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
June 5, 2024 at 8:20PM
Morgan Grunewald, 25, of Wheaton, Minn., was driving north on County Road 6 at 12:35 p.m. Tuesday with her three daughters, ages 1, 2 and 4. As she crossed the intersection of Hwy. 68 near Wheaton, she collided with the semitrailer heading east, the State Patrol said.
Grunewald’s daughters were taken to Redwood Falls Hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening, the patrol said. The truck driver, a 63-year-old man from Redwood Falls, was also taken to the hospital with noncritical injuries.
Everybody involved in the crash was wearing a seat belt or properly restrained, the patrol’s crash report said.
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