IDs released after 2 drivers killed in crash near Mankato

The accident occurred Sunday afternoon on Hwy. 22.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
March 18, 2024 at 10:11PM

A Twin Cities man is one of two drivers killed in a collision north of Mankato, officials said.

The crash occurred about 5:30 p.m. Sunday on Hwy. 22 in Kasota Township, the State Patrol said.

Michael Alvin Hoffman, 53, of Mankato was heading north on Hwy. 22 and collided with a southbound car being driven by 20-year-old Dwan Pierre Long of Jordan, the patrol said. Both men were declared dead at the scene, according to the patrol.

The patrol has yet to say which driver was on the wrong side of the road leading to the collision.

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