A driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 35 in east-central Minnesota hit another vehicle and was killed, officials said Thursday.
Wrong-way driver on I-35 in east-central Minnesota hits another vehicle head-on and dies
The other motorist, 19 years old from the Twin Cities, was critically injured, the State Patrol said.
May 11, 2023 at 11:55AM
The collision occurred about 6:50 p.m. Wednesday just south of Willow River in Pine County, the State Patrol said.
A Toyota SUV driven by Annette R. Larson, 61, of Superior, Wis., was traveling north on southbound Interstate 35 and struck a Volkswagen SUV head-on, the patrol said.
Larson died at the scene, according to the patrol. The other motorist, 19-year-old Henry F. Nelson of St. Louis Park, was hospitalized in Duluth with life-threatening injuries.
The patrol hasn't said how Larson ended up on the wrong side of the interstate.
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