WEBSTER TOWNSHIP, Minn. — Authorities are investigating the death of a 14-year-old boy in a crash south of the Twin Cities late Tuesday night.
The Rice County Sheriff’s Office reports the crash occurred along the Scott County line on 30th Street West east of Fairbanks Avenue in Webster Township at 7:40 p.m.
Authorities say a Ford F-150 pickup truck driven by a 20-year-old Lakeville man was traveling westbound on 30th Avenue West when it crossed the center line and struck an oncoming GMC Sierra driven by a 16-year-old boy, also of Lakeville.
A passenger in the F-150 was pronounced dead at the scene. The sheriff’s office identified him as 14-year-old Brantley McCarty of Cannon Falls.
The 20-year-old and 16-year-old were both seriously injured and taken to area hospitals.
Impairment is not believed to have been a factor in the crash. The cause is still under investigation.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact the Rice County Sheriff’s Office at 507-334-0268.
