A head-on crash before dawn Monday killed one of two drivers on a central Minnesota highway, officials said.
The collision occurred about 6:45 a.m. on Hwy. 55 west of Belgrade, the State Patrol said.
The driver who died was identified by the patrol as Cassie E. Mithaugen, 41, of Belgrade. A 3-year-old girl in the car with her was hospitalized with injuries that were not life threatening, according to the patrol.
The other motorist, Chad J. Seitz, 52, of Anoka, was slightly hurt, the patrol said.
Mithaugen was heading west on Hwy. 55 in a subcompact car and collided with Seitz’s eastbound SUV, according to the patrol, which did not disclose which driver was on the wrong side of the highway.
