Monday, September 10, 2012

Fatal Accident


A fatal accident south of International Falls has claimed the lives of two city residents.

The 24-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman were in a car that came into collision yesterday morning with a pick-up truck, police say crossed the centre line on Highway 53, just south of the city.

The driver of the truck, a 68-year-old man from Illinois was taken to hospital in Duluth.

A 68-year-old female passenger was not seriously hurt and treated at Rainy Lake Medical Centre.