VAIL TOWNSHIP, Minn. – At least one person has been killed after a crash in southern Minnesota involving three children under the age of four and a semi-truck.
It is unclear who was killed or injured in the crash, but the Minnesota State Patrol classified it as fatal. It happened just after 12:30 a.m. Monday on Highway 68 near County Road 6 in Redwood County.
According to the patrol, a truck and a pickup truck collided at the intersection. A 25-year-old woman from Wheaton was driving the pickup and three children, ages 4, 2 and 1, were her passengers.
A 63-year-old man from Redwood Falls was driving the semi.
The patrol is expected to release more information about the crash on Tuesday.
Another crash in southern Minnesota hospitalized two young children this weekend. The single-vehicle crash in Webster Township on Saturday killed 30-year-old Nathan Thomas of Dundas, according to the Rice County Sheriff’s Office. The 33-year-old woman who was driving was seriously injured and taken to Hennepin Healthcare. Two boys, one 2 months old and the other just under 2 years old, were taken to the same hospital for “urgent medical care,” the sheriff’s office said.
