WILLMAR, Minn. – A teenager is in jail after authorities say he was driving under the influence early Sunday morning before a head-on crash that killed the other driver in central Minnesota.
The Minnesota State Patrol says the crash happened on Highway 71, twelve miles north of Willmar. Investigators say a pickup and a car were traveling in opposite directions on the highway when they collided.
The crash killed the driver of the car, a 52-year-old Willmar woman. A passenger in her car, a 31-year-old Belgrade man, was injured but is expected to survive.
The driver of the truck, an 18-year-old Willmar man, was also hurt in the crash and transported to a hospital for treatment and later he was booked into the Kandiyohi County Jail, pending charges of criminal vehicular homicide.
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