One killed, two critically injured in head-on crash near Winona

August 7, 2021 at 9:07PM

One person was killed and two others critically injured in a head-on collision about 2:30 p.m. Thursday near Winona, Minn.

Christ George Brown, 58, of Winona, died when the car in which he was riding collided with a pickup truck on Highway 14 at Seminary Drive in Winona County, according to the State Patrol.

The driver of the car, Laura Renee Brown, 55, of Winona, and the truck's driver, Eric Arthur Wittlief, 18, of Oronoco, were both taken to St. Marys Hospital in Rochester with life-threatening injuries.

The road was wet, authorities said. Neither Christ Brown nor Wittlief was wearing a seat belt.

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Katy Read writes for the Minnesota Star Tribune's Inspired section. She previously covered Carver County and western Hennepin County as well as aging, workplace issues and other topics since she began at the paper in 2011.

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