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A pickup truck driver who had been drinking veered into oncoming traffic in Blaine and crashed into a car, seriously hurting its driver and a passenger, authorities said Tuesday.
The collision occurred on Sunday shortly before 9 p.m. in the 11900 block of Lexington Avenue, police said.
The car passenger, a 62-year-old woman from Coon Rapids, was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center in critical condition. The car's driver, a 61-year-old man from Coon Rapids, was taken to HCMC with serious injuries.
The pickup driver, a 48-year-old man from Circle Pines, was seriously hurt and taken to Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids.
Identities are being withheld until "formal charging of the suspect," police said in a news release.
"It is believed that alcohol consumption" by the pickup driver "may be a contributing factor in the crash," the news release said.
PAUL WALSH

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