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16-year-old dies in crash on Hwy. 52 in Fillmore County

January 29, 2016 at 6:11AM

A 16-year-old girl from southeastern Minnesota was killed in a head-on collision on Hwy. 52 in Fillmore County on Thursday night, authorities said.

Just before 9 p.m., a pickup driver headed north on the freeway crossed the centerline and struck the teen's sedan, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. The girl, whose identity has yet to be released, was wearing her seat belt but was fatally injured and died at the scene.

The pickup driver, 55-year-old Cindy L. Mueske of Ashland, Ill., was unbelted and ejected from her vehicle when it rolled into a ditch. She was taken to St. Marys Hospital in Rochester with noncritical injuries.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation closed a portion of Hwy. 52 between Chatfield and Fountain to investigate the crash.

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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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