A 72-year-old woman from Fergus Falls, Minn., was killed in a crash when she lost control of her vehicle on a snowy and icy highway in western Minnesota and collided with an oncoming semitrailer truck.
The incident on Hwy. 210 near Hwy. 9 in Breckenridge, Minn., happened just after 9 a.m. Tuesday, the State Patrol said.
The patrol identified the woman killed as Judith Martha Johnson. She was heading west on Hwy. 210 when she spun out and crossed the center line in front of an eastbound semitrailer truck, the patrol said. She was driving a 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee and was wearing a seat belt.
The truck driver was identified as Bradley Duane Griggs, 56, of Milnor, N.D. The patrol said he was not injured in the crash.
Authorities closed Hwy. 210 between Breckenridge and Fergus Falls for several hours after the crash.
