VERNON CENTER — A 16-year-old Vernon Center teen died from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle crash Thursday evening on Highway 169 near Vernon Center.
Authorities have not yet released the girl’s name.
She 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.
Alcohol was not a factor in the crash, the patrol said. Road conditions were dry and both drivers were wearing seatbelts. The Honda’s airbag deployed.