2 dead in Kandiyohi County crash

The deceased were not wearing seat belts, the State Patrol said.

September 26, 2022 at 8:59PM

Two people were killed and a third person was seriously hurt in a crash Saturday afternoon in Kandiyohi County in west-central Minnesota.

The State Patrol identified the people killed as August Faber, 86, of Lake Lillian, Minn., and Jacob Dahlheimer, 35, of Faribault, Minn.

Faber was driving west on Hwy. 7 and Dahlheimer was headed south on 195th Street in East Lake Lillian Township when their vehicles collided in the intersection at about 4:30 p.m., the State Patrol said.

Faber, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene. Dahlheimer was also not wearing a seatbelt and died at the scene, the patrol said.

A passenger in Farber's car, Gertrude Faber, 83, of Lake Lillian, was taken to HCMC in Minneapolis with serious injuries. She was wearing a seat belt, the patrol said.

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