A head-on collision between two cars in Minnesota claimed the lives of five people, including four family members, as per the authorities and a relative of the victims.
As per reports from the Minnesota State Patrol, the incident took place on Friday at about 4:42 pm local time on Highway 71, around 240th Street in Cottonwood County.
In the report, the department mentioned how an SUV carrying one occupant collided with a 2019 Ford Transit Van with 13 occupants.
Four people in the Ford Transit van. A relative of the four victims who died in the crash explained how the family is stunned at what happened, and they are so numb with grief as they try to process what exactly went on.
As a kid, spending time with relatives was what this family cherished the most, and to hear this happen to them is just so heartbreaking, the aunt mentioned.
Nine other people were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries ranging from critical to non-life-threatening.