One Dead After Crash in Makinen Township
One Person is Dead, Four Others Are Recovering from Non-Life Threatening Injuries After a Crash in the 9300 Block of the Vermillion Trail
MAKINEN TOWNSHIP, Minn. – One person is dead after a crash Sunday evening in the 9300 Block of the Vermillion Trail in Makinen Township.
Authorities say 29-year-old Rai Walden was pronounced dead at the scene after his vehicle overturned, becoming submerged in nearly two feet of water.
Aside from Walden, authorities also removed a passenger from the submerged vehicle.
The passenger in Walden’s vehicle was transported to a Duluth hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Officials say a second vehicle was also overturned in the ditch with three occupants inside.
According to officials, everyone inside the second vehicle appeared to have non-life threatening injures.
Driver negligence, mechanical malfunction and weather are believed to be contributing factors to the accident.
The accident remains under investigation.
