Virginia Woman Dies After Single Vehicle Accident in Side Lake

The Crash Remains Under Investigation

SIDE LAKE, Minn. – An early morning crash in Side Lake has left one person dead and another with multiple injuries.

According to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office a mother and son were traveling near the 12000 Block of East Road when the male driver, later identified as 53-year-old Terry S. Runde, swerved to miss a deer sending the car off of the road and into a tree.

First responders on the scene found Runde, 53 of Hibbing, suffering from several injuries.

The female passenger, later identified as 74-year-old Ros-Linda Rowe Runde of Virginia, was transported to Fairview University Medical Center-Mesabi in Hibbing where she later died.

The crash remains under investigation by the Sheriff’s Office.

The cause of death has been determined as multiple blunt force injuries resulting from the accident according to a preliminary report from the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office.

The identity of the victims is being withheld pending family notification.