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Bigfork Man Killed in Northern Minnesota Car Crash
DEER RIVER (AP) — The Minnesota State Patrol says a 27-year-old man from Bigfork was killed when his car collided with a semi in Itasca County.
The patrol's news release says the crash happened Monday evening. The driver, identified as Samuel Deotis, was driving a Chevy Lumina on a highway about 12 miles north of Deer River when he turned left and was broadsided by a semi. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 24-year-old female passenger of the car was airlifted to St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth where she is in critical condition. The truck driver was not injured.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
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