A head-on crash involving a car and a pickup truck in northern Minnesota has left a woman and child dead and another driver hurt.
Woman, 11-year-old girl killed in northern Minnesota crash
Second vehicle's driver also injured on snow-covered Hwy. 169 in St. Louis County.
April 21, 2023 at 1:40PM
The wreck happened about 4:30 p.m. Thursday on Hwy. 169 near Tarkman Road in Vermilion Lake Township, about 40 miles northeast of Hibbing in St. Louis County, the State Patrol said.
April Pecchia, 35, of Eveleth, Minn., was heading north on Hwy. 169 when she lost control in snowy and icy conditions and veered into the southbound lanes. She was struck by a southbound GMC Sierra Pickup, the patrol said.
Pecchia and an 11-year-old girl riding in her vehicle both died at the scene. They were wearing seat belts, the patrol said.
The pickup truck driver, identified as Frank Sopp, 69, of Virginia, Minn., was taken to Essentia Health-Virginia with non-life-threatening injuries, the patrol said.
Sopp also was wearing a seat belt, the patrol said.
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