Buffalo woman, 87, dies in crash three miles from home

April 16, 2015 at 4:29AM

An 87-year-old Buffalo woman was killed in a broadside crash Wednesday afternoon three miles from her home.

Buffalo police and the Wright County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene at Hwy. 25 and Catlin Street in Buffalo around 4:42 p.m.

Lorraine G. Kurtz was headed west on Anderson Avenue and attempting to turn on Hwy. 25 when she pulled out in front of a semitrailer truck going north on the highway. She was killed when the truck struck her 2001 Chevrolet Lumina broadside.

The semi driver, a 32-year-old man from Ottertail, was uninjured.

LIZ SAWYER

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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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