Authorities Release Names of Two Killed in Crash Near New London

NEW LONDON (WJON News) -- Authorities have released the names of the two people killed in a crash in Kandiyohi County on Wednesday.

The Minnesota State Patrol says 80-year-old Myron Elsberry and 76-year-old Geneva Holland of Cambridge were driving east on Highway 9 near New London just after 11:00 a.m.

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Authorities say their SUV collided with a semi-truck, driven by 67-year-old Bruce Feldman of Renville, that was traveling north on Highway 71.

Elsberry and Holland both died at the scene. Feldman suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

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