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Two people identified in wrong-way fatal crash in Maple Grove

Maple Grove accident likely involved alcohol, police say.

December 27, 2014 at 11:32PM

Maple Grove police on Saturday released the names of two people killed Friday in a collision involving a wrong-way driver.

Cheron Swanson, 68, of Dayton, was driving eastbound on County Road 81 when she was hit head-on by a car driven by Michael Kelley, 54, who was traveling westbound in the eastbound lane, police said. Kelley, of Dayton, also was killed.

Alcohol appears to have been a factor, though police released no further information Saturday.

The collision occurred around 4 p.m. Officers at the scene determined that a vehicle traveling westbound on County Road 81 had crossed over into the eastbound lane, resulting in an initial sideswipe. The sideswiped vehicle went on to hit another vehicle. Three people sustained noncritical injuries.

After the first crash, Kelley continued westbound in the eastbound lane, police said, striking Swanson's vehicle. Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene. There were no other occupants in either car.

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Mike Hughlett covers energy and other topics for the Minnesota Star Tribune, where he has worked since 2010. Before that he was a reporter at newspapers in Chicago, St. Paul, New Orleans and Duluth.

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