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At Least 2 Dead In Head-On Crash Near Lake Mille Lacs

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- At least two people are dead after a head-on crash late Wednesday morning northeast of Lake Mille Lacs.

The Minnesota State Patrol says a motorist in a Toyota Camry was heading southbound on Highway 65 near Highway 27 in White Pine Township. Just before noon, the motorist went into the northbound lane to pass a minivan in front of it, and then collided with a northbound Toyota Rav4.

The driver of the Toyota Rav4, 75-year-old Sandra Lee Erickson-Brown from Jacobson, was killed. Her passenger, 84-year-old Wayne Emanuel Brown from Jacobson, also died in the crash.

The condition of the 23-year-old driver of the Toyota Camry, who's from Brooklyn Park, has not been released. The driver of the minivan was not hurt.

The state patrol is investigating.

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