2 dead in separate head-on crashes in same southeast Minnesota county - TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

A second fatal head-on traffic accident on the same day in Fillmore County in far southeastern Minnesota was reported Tuesday afternoon. Her 2008 Dodge Caliber collided with a 2001 Mack semi truck on Minnesota 44 west of Mabel just across the border from Iowa. Killed in the 7 a. m. accident was Enos Swartzentruber, 19, of Mabel. He was driving a 2000 Pontiac Grand Am northbound when it collided with a southbound 2007 Infinity FX driven by Donnette Goldsmith, 38, of Preston. The vehicles collided in the southbound lane, the Minnesota State Patrol said. Goldsmith and her 8-year-old daughter, Shawntae, were injured and taken to St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, but the patrol said the injuries were not life threatening. The State Patrol didn't say whether fog was a factor in the afternoon crash, though road conditions were listed as dry. Source: www.twincities.com