Two dead in Wadena County crash

Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff
Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff

(Wadena County, MN) -- Two people were killed when a car and semi collided on Highway 71 in Wadena County just before 5 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.  

The State Patrol says the car veered over the centerline and collided head-on with the semi. The victims were a 58-year old woman from Anoka and a 57-year old Park Rapids man. Their names have not been released.  

The truck driver was taken to the Wadena hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.