A motorist was killed Tuesday night in a head-on collision in a construction zone on a southern Minnesota highway, the State Patrol said.
Derek Arthur Anderson, 35, of Marinette, Wis., was driving east on Hwy. 60 in St. James Township when he entered a work zone near milepost 64 and missed a lane change. He struck a westbound vehicle shortly after 10 p.m., the patrol said.
Anderson, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene.
The driver of the westbound vehicle, Lisa Jennie Brown, 44, of Sioux Falls, S.D., suffered noncritical injuries. Brown, who was wearing a seat belt, was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn., for treatment.
Alcohol did not appear to be a factor in the crash, the patrol said.
Tim Harlow • 612-673-7768
