Authorities release name of teen driver killed in crash

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VERNON CENTER — Authorities have released the name of the 16-year-old Vernon Center girl who died in a two-vehicle crash Thursday evening on Highway 169 near Vernon Center.
Gracelyn Jo Ziegler was driving a southbound 2003 Honda Accord at 6:07 p.m. when the car and a northbound 2014 Ram pickup crashed near the highway’s intersection with 150th Street in Blue Earth County, the State Patrol said.
The driver of the pickup, Alexei Moreira, 31, of Houston, Texas, was not injured.