Widow killed in a northern Minnesota crash just days before her husband's funeral

The Associated Press
March 21, 2019 at 3:25PM

DEERWOOD, Minn. — A woman has died in a crash in Crow Wing County just days before her husband's funeral.

The Minnesota State Patrol says a Crosby man crossed the centerline on Highway 6 near Deerwood Wednesday and hit the woman's car head on. Seventy-year-old Barbara Jo Blood died at the scene.

The driver of the car that crossed over suffered critical injuries. He was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.

A funeral for Blood's husband, John Blood, who died March 15 was scheduled for Saturday, but now has been postponed.

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