A 65-year-old Minneapolis man died Monday afternoon after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 7 in Cosmos Township in Meeker County, the Minnesota State Patrol says.
The crash happened at about 3:12 p.m. Nov. 9 on Highway 7 near 560th Avenue. The patrol said the two drivers were heading in opposite directions when their vehicles collided: David John Teawalt was driving a 2024 Ram ProMaster van east and the other driver was heading west in a 2024 Ram 3500 pickup.
Teawalt, 65, of Minneapolis, died, the patrol’s report says. He was wearing a seat belt and alcohol was not suspected.
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The pickup’s driver, a 40-year-old Aberdeen, South Dakota, man, was taken to a Hutchinson health care facility with non-life-threatening injuries. The report says he was wearing a seat belt and alcohol was not suspected. The road was dry and airbags deployed in both vehicles.
The Cosmos Fire Department, Cosmos Ambulance and the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office also responded. The report does not say what caused the crash and was last updated at 10:07 p.m. Monday.
