Update: Four Dead, One Critically Injured In Mille Lacs County Crash

ONAMIA (WJON News) -- Four people were killed, and one person has life-threatening injuries, in a head-on collision.

The Minnesota State Patrol says the crash happened at about 7:00 p.m. Wednesday on Highway 169 at Shakopee Lake Road in Mille Lacs County.

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A 2004 Buick LeSabre sedan driven by 21-year-old Samantha Ajax of Isle was going north on Highway 169 when the State Patrol says it crossed over the center line and struck a southbound 2005 Saab sedan being driven by 53-year-old Michelle Rock of Minneapolis. Both drivers were killed in the crash.

Rock had three passengers in her vehicle. Forty-one-year-old Christopher Boswell of Onamia and 51-year-old James Ortley of Minneapolis both died. Twenty-five-year-old Jessica Mitchell of Onamia was taken to St. Cloud Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The State Patrol was assisted by the Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office, Mille Lacs Tribal Police Department, Onamia Ambulance, Crosby Ambulance, and North Air Care.