A Shakopee woman died in a head-on collision in Jordan Wednesday evening, the Minnesota State Patrol said.
Barbara Joan Fashant, 67, was driving a 2003 Suzuki Aerio that collided with a Ford F-150.
Fashant was traveling west on Highway 282 while the truck's driver, Mark Anthony Neu, 52, of Shakopee, was headed east.
At Pueblo Avenue, Fashant, who was not wearing a seat belt, drove into eastbound traffic and crashed head-on into the truck, the State Patrol said.
Neu was wearing a seat belt and not injured.
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