One dead in southeastern Minnesota crash

The crash occurred on Hwy. 76 in Houston County.

February 17, 2020 at 7:34PM

A man from Spring Grove, Minn., is dead after a collision involving two vehicles Sunday night in Houston County in southeastern Minnesota.

Casey Daniel Knutson, the 26-year driver of a Honda Accord, died in the crash at about 6:45 p.m. on Hwy. 76 in Money Creek Township near Houston, Minn., the State Patrol said.

The man, whose name has not been released, was headed south on Hwy. 76 and collided with a northbound Ford F-150 pickup, the State Patrol said.

Pickup driver Dan William Michaelis, 69, of Winona, was taken to Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, Wis., where he was treated for noncritical injuries, the patrol said.

Neither driver was wearing a seat belt, the patrol said.

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