One driver killed, another critically hurt in head-on crash in N. Minnesota

October 2, 2020 at 1:09AM

One driver was killed and another badly injured in a head-on crash on a northern Minnesota highway.

Driver Brienne R. Brodie, 24, of Duluth, died Wednesday afternoon when her SUV crossed over the centerline and hit another SUV coming the other way on Hwy. 2 about 5 miles east of Grand Rapids, the State Patrol said.

Brodie died at the scene. The patrol said she was not wearing a seat belt.

The other motorist, Kim R. Brown, 57, of Grand Rapids, was critically injured, the patrol said. Brown had on a seat belt.

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