A 63-year-old Aitkin woman died Friday after colliding with a truck on Interstate 35 south of Faribault, authorities say.
Mona Lee Bengtson was driving north on I-35 at about 12:20 p.m. when her Toyota Highlander collided with a Dodge Ram that was also traveling north, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
The driver of the Ram, a 46-year-old man from Texas, was not injured.
In a separate crash on Hwy. 55 northwest of the Twin Cities just after noon Friday, a 66-year-old Annandale man died after his Buick Lucerne left the road and struck a tree east of Annandale.
Scott William Lampi was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the State Patrol. He had not been wearing a seat belt.
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