Five people were killed at about 4:42 p.m. on Friday in Germantown Township, Cottonwood County, when a GMC Terrain SUV collided with a 2019 Ford Transit Van carrying 13 people.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the victims in the van who suffered fatal injuries were identified as Kathleen Johnson, 73, Richard Johnson, 73, Kelly Hargus, 49, and Lindsey Rossow, 47, as well as 67-year-old Martin Hanson of Springfield, the driver of the SUV.
The SUV was traveling northbound on Highway 71, and the Ford Transit Van was southbound on Highway 71, State Patrol said. The vehicles collided head-on near 240th Street.
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