BACKUS, Minn. – The State Patrol says three people have died in a highway crash in central Minnesota.
An SUV was northbound on Highway 371 in Cass County about 11 p.m. Thursday when a minivan failed to stop at an intersection between Hackensack and Backus and collided with the SUV.
The driver and passenger in the SUV were killed as was the driver of the minivan. Another passenger in the SUV was injured. The patrol identified the SUV driver who died as 55-year-old Jeffrey Wertish of Ellendale. The passenger who was killed is 59-year-old Robert Nelson of Carver. The driver of the minivan who died is identified as 34-year-old Lenny Steffen of Backus.
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