Highway 14 claims another life
(Mankato, MN) – One man died and another driver was injured in a crash on Highway 14 Tuesday.
A 23-year-old North Mankato man was killed in the crash, which happened between Courtland and Nicollet. The Minnesota State Patrol has not yet released the man’s name.
A Ford Explorer was eastbound on Highway 14 when the vehicle crossed into the westbound lane, colliding with a Chevy Malibu driven by the fatally injured man.
The driver of the Explorer was transported to Mayo Clinic Mankato with non-life threatening injuries, according to the patrol’s crash report. It’s not known whether the deceased driver was transported to a healthcare facility following the crash.
Roads were snow and ice-covered, according to the state patrol’s crash report.
The crash happened just before 1 p.m, closing and detouring Highway 14 for hours.
This is the third fatal crash in Nicollet County in two consecutive days, and the second on Highway 14. On Monday, a 17-year-old girl was killed when her vehicle collided with a semi on Highway 111 north of Nicollet. Just two hours later, a woman died in a crash with a semi on Highway 14 near New Ulm.
***This story was edited to remove the name of the Explorer driver. The man listed in the crash report has told SMN he was a witness, and not the driver of the Explorer.
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