New Ulm teen among 3 killed in Minnesota traffic accidents - TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

According to the State Patrol, Rhett R. Peters was driving a 2000 Ford Explorer north at about 3:45 a. m. and was entering a curve just north of the Pope-Douglas county line. -- A 17-year-old New Ulm boy died in a broadside collision at U. S. 169 and Minnesota 68 on Thursday afternoon. Hauser was driving a 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass eastbound on Minnesota 68 at about at 4 p. m. when he collided in the southbound lane of U. S. 169 with a 2008 Ford Fusion driven by Gene R. Groen, 71, of Madison Lake, who was southbound on 169. Groen... -- A 44-year-old Excelsior man was killed Thursday afternoon when a 2007 Saturn Vue left Minnesota 29, hit an embakment and vaulted into the air. Christopher M. Kozar was ejected and suffered fatal injuries in the crash at 3:38 p. m. just north of the Swift-Chippewa county line, the State Patrol said. Source: www.twincities.com