A driver was killed Thursday when her SUV collided with a pickup truck that had strayed over the center line of a two-lane road south of Prior Lake, officials said
Pickup driver strays over center line south of Prior Lake, hits SUV and kills other motorist
An 11-year-old in the pickup suffered noncritical injuries.
March 4, 2023 at 3:34PM
She was identified as Megan Rae Taylor, 50, of Lonsdale, Minn., the Scott County Sheriff's Office said Friday.
The crash occurred shortly after 3 p.m. in Spring Lake Township on Panama Avenue south of E. 190th Street, the Sheriff's Office said.
According to to the Sheriff's Office:
Arturo Garcia Rivera, 39, of Lakeville was towing a trailer southbound about 3 miles south of Prior Lake when he crossed into the northbound lane and hit Taylor's SUV.
Rivera, who was wearing a seat belt, was not injured. An 11-year-old who was not wearing a seat belt was thrown from the pickup and suffered noncritical injuries. The child was taken by emergency responders to a Minneapolis hospital for treatment.
Taylor was pronounced dead at the scene. She was wearing a seat belt.
Investigators did not say what caused Rivera leave his lane.
