Head-on crash kills 3 in SW Minnesota, including 1-year-old

Published 10:31 pm Monday, December 11, 2017

REDWOOD FALLS — The State Patrol said a head-on crash in southwestern Minnesota has killed three people, including a toddler.

Authorities said 34-year-old Shaunna Kraft of Lakefield was trying to pass another vehicle on a bridge on Highway 71 when she collided head-on with a minivan driven by 41-year-old Teresa Linde of Redwood Falls.

Both drivers died at the scene. Also killed was a 1-year-old in Kraft’s car, Brexlee Brian Thammalong.

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Neither driver was wearing a seat belt. It was not known if the child who died was restrained.

The patrol said two others in Kraft’s car suffered life-threatening injuries. The crash happened Saturday evening near Morton.