Update: Victim Identified in Mesaba Avenue Fatal Crash

DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Police Department has released the name of the female killed in Saturday afternoon’s two-vehicle crash on Mesaba Avenue.

Authorities identified the victim as 63-year-old Angela Joyce Wanta.

According to reports, officers were dispatched to the area of Mesaba Avenue and 7th Street around 4:30 p.m. Saturday for a two-vehicle crash with injuries.

When police arrived on the scene they learned that an SUV traveling upbound on Mesaba Avenue crossed the median and struck a pickup truck traveling southbound.

Wanta, a passenger in the SUV, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The male driver at the SUV sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

The male driver of the truck was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

It is not known whether or not impairment is a factor.