State Patrol investigating head-on crash in Mille Lacs county that kills a Big Lake man

Two others were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries
One person is dead following a head on crash Sunday morning on Highway 169 in Mille Lacs County, in central Minnesota.
One person is dead following a head on crash Sunday morning on Highway 169 in Mille Lacs County, in central Minnesota. Photo credit (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

One person is dead following a head on crash Sunday morning on Highway 169 in Mille Lacs County, in central Minnesota.

The Minnesota State Patrol says a vehicle driven by a 69-year-old man from Big Lake was southbound on Highway 169 near Mille Lacs Lake when it crossed the center line and struck a northbound truck.

That 69-year-old man was not wearing a seatbelt and was killed.

Two Excelsior residents inside the northbound truck were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

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