81-year-old Buffalo man dies in Wright County crash

Student driver was in the other car, authorities say.

April 1, 2017 at 7:00PM

An 81-year-old Buffalo man was killed Friday night in a rollover crash involving a teenage driver in Wright County, authorities said.

Around 8 p.m. Friday, a 15-year-old student driver was heading west on Hwy. 55 near Calder Avenue NE in an SUV when she tried to change lanes, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. As she veered over, her SUV struck a car the man was in, causing it to go off the road and roll.

The victim's name has not yet been released.

The other driver, identified as a 15-year-old Delano girl, was accompanied by a 46-year-old woman and two teenage boys from Independence, according to State Patrol. None was injured.

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Liz Sawyer  covers Minneapolis crime and policing at the Star Tribune. Since joining the newspaper in 2014, she has reported extensively on Minnesota law enforcement, state prisons and the youth justice system. 

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