Driver Arrested Following Fatal Head-on Crash on Minnesota Highway
Moorhead, MN (KROC-AM News)- A Minnesota man is in custody following a fatal head-on crash.
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Both drivers were the only occupants of the vehicles. The State Patrol responded to the fatality shortly before 7:00 Saturday evening.
Road conditions were not a factor in causing the fatal collision, according to the State Patrol.
Moorhead, MN Man Arrested following Deadly Head-on Crash in Northern Minnesota
The deadly crash occurred on Hwy. 75, just northwest of Moorhead. A southbound Jeep and northbound pick-up collided head on, the state crash report says.
Authorities have described the pick-up driver as a 43-year-old woman from Ennis, TX.
The state crash report indicates she lost her life in the crash. Her name and other information surrounding her death has not been released.
28-year-old Christopher Thomas Pink of Moorhead was identified as the Jeep driver. He was not hurt.
Authorities suspected Pink of driving under the influence of alcohol. Clay County jail records indicate Pink was booked into jail on suspicion of criminal vehicular homicide around 11:50 Saturday night.
His first court appearance has not yet been scheduled.
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