A Keewatin man sustained life-threatening injuries.
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A Hibbing man is dead after a head-on collision along U.S. Highway 169 in Greenway Township early Sunday morning.
Larry Peter Meyer, 69, suffered fatal injuries after Matthew Jesse Kirkpatrick, 38, of Keewatin, crossed the center line in a 2003 Ford Explorer and struck Meyer s 2019 Dodge Ram around 5:05 a.m., according to a Minnesota State Patrol report.
Meyer was transported to Grand Itasca Hospital in Grand Rapids. He had not been wearing a seat belt.
Kirkpatrick was transported to Essentia Health-St. Mary s Medical Center in Duluth with what authorities described as life-threatening injuries. He was wearing a seat belt.