EMBARRASS TOWNSHIP, MN (KDAL) – A two vehicle crash on Highway 21 in Embarrass Township Friday night has left one person dead and another injured.
According to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department and the Minnesota State Patrol, a pickup truck driven by a 40 year old man from Virginia crossed the center line and hit a passenger car driven by a 39 year old Eveleth woman head-on.
The driver of the car, identified as Joni Dahl, was killed in the crash and the driver of the pickup was hospitalized in Duluth with non life threatening injuries.
Alcohol was a major factor in the crash and the pickup driver is facing criminal vehicular homicide and drunk driving charges when he is released from the hospital.
