Deadly collision in Minnesota’s Pine River Township: One person has died in a crash in Pine River Township, which is located thirty miles south of Walker in Pine River, Minnesota (KVRR/KFGO). It was reported that the accident had occurred just after midnight.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 32-year-old driver named Kyle Jones and a 32-year-old passenger named Mandy Tellinghuisen were traveling westbound in a pickup truck when they were involved in a head-on collision on 24th Street Southwest. Tragically, 39-year-old Royal Noe of Hillman and 50-year-old Heather Cevallos of Brainerd were murdered instantaneously in an automobile crash.
In the vehicle, two more men were riding shotgun. The serious injuries that 53-year-old Kelly Kushel sustained were reported to St. Joseph’s Health. Nothing is known about the other passenger, a 36-year-old guy from Brainerd. Also, Tellinghuisen and Jones were sent to St. Joseph’s Health because their injuries were life-threatening. It is believed that alcohol was the factor that caused the accident.