(Cass County, MN) A deadly accident Wednesday morning in Cass County, Minnesota. State Patrol says this happened off Highway 371 near Oak Point Road, south of Cass Lake. A Ford F150 was traveling northbound on 371, and a sedan was traveling southbound. Both vehicles struck head-on. The Ford F150 rolled.ending up on it's roof. The sedan landed in a ditch. 23-year-old
Bemidji woman dead, Twin Cities man seriously injured in head-on crash
The wreck occurred shortly before 1 a.m. Wednesday.
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A head-on crash outside Leech Lake shortly after midnight Wednesday left a northern Minnesota woman dead, and a Twin Cities man with life-threatening injuries.
Darlene Mae Johnson, 23 years old, was traveling southbound in a Pontiac Grand Prix on Highway 371 in Wilkinson Township at around 12:43 a.m. Wednesday. As Johnson, from Bemidji, approached Oak Point Road, she crashed head-on with a Ford F150 traveling northbound.
The Grand Prix went into the ditch. Johnson died of her injuries.
The Ford rolled and ended up on its roof, with the driver, 24-year-old Steven James Lasser of Roseville, suffering life-threatening injuries. He was taken to Sanford Hospital West in Fargo.
Created: May 05, 2021 03:13 PM
A 23-year-old Bemidji woman is dead, and a 24-year-old Roseville, Minnesota man is seriously hurt following a head-on crash early Wednesday morning.
The State Patrol says Darlene Mae Johnson was driving her 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix southbound on Highway 371 approaching Oak Point Road around 12:45 Wednesday morning, and collided head-on with a 2016 Ford F150 traveling northbound on Highway 371.
The patrol says the Ford F150 then rolled, coming to rest on its roof while the Pontiac Grand Prix came to rest in the west ditch.
Johnson died on scene, while the 24-year-old Roseville man was transported to Sanford Hospital West Fargo with life threatening injuries.