1 Killed, 2 Injured In Coon Rapids Head-On Crash

COON RAPIDS, MN — A man is dead and two other people were injured in a head-on crash in Coon Rapids on Tuesday.

At about 5:40 p.m., police and emergency crews responded to a report of a crash near Main Street Northwest and Wedgewood Drive Northwest.

A man driving a hatchback was traveling eastbound on Main Steet when it entered the westbound lane and collided head-on with a westbound pickup truck, according to investigators.

At the scene, emergency responders attempted life-saving measures on the driver of the hatchback, but he was declared deceased at the scene.

A man and child in the pickup truck suffered minor injuries. The man was transported to a local hospital, police said.