73-year-old dead, two others hurt in western Minnesota crash

The two-vehicle crash happened Saturday evening.

May 29, 2022 at 10:15PM

A crash in western Minnesota on Saturday evening left a 73-year-old man dead and two others hospitalized.

The two-vehicle crash occurred just after 5 p.m. on Hwy. 12 at Big Stone County Road 21 in Odessa Township, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

Daryl Donald Klapel, of Ortonville, Minn., died at the scene, and a 71-year-old woman riding with him was hospitalized, the State Patrol said. A 57-year-old man driving the other vehicle was also taken to a nearby hospital.

The extent of their injuries are not yet known, according to the State Patrol. Further details about the crash have not been released.

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