Crime & Safety
6 Killed In Wrong-Way Crash: MN State Patrol
Police are still working to determine which car was driving in the wrong direction early Friday morning.
OLMSTEAD COUNTY, MN — The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating an early morning fatal crash on Interstate 90 near Eyota that took the lives of six people. Preliminary reports indicate a vehicle was going the wrong-way Friday, heading eastbound, when it struck another vehicle heading westbound on I-90 near mile post 223.
The two vehicles involved were a 2005 Chrysler Sebring and a 2008 Ford Focus, according to a news release. Three occupants were in each vehicle.
Investigators are still trying to determine which vehicle was going in the wrong direction. I-90 is now back open in both directions.
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