A 21-year-old woman from Taconite, Minn., died Friday afternoon in a one-car crash in Mille Lacs County.
Carlee Lyn Lafond was driving a 2009 Saturn Aura north on Hwy. 169 near Harbor Drive in Kathio Township when, while passing a northbound vehicle in the southbound lane, she swerved and lost control. Her car went off the highway into a ditch, rolled, hit a tree and landed in another tree, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
The crash happened at 2:24 p.m. Lafond died at the scene. She was wearing a seat belt, the patrol said.
No one else was hurt and no other vehicles were damaged, the patrol said.
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