Two people are dead and one injured after a Tuesday crash in Pierce County.
According to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, a vehicle traveling northbound at Highway 63 near 770th Street collided with a vehicle traveling the opposite direction around 4 p.m. on Tuesday. The driver of the southbound vehicle was transported to Regions Hospital where they later died, while the passenger of the other vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. The victims were identified as 43-year-old Jenna Klos of Ellsworth and 77-year-old Betty Buck of Amery. A third occupant, 77-year-old Rodney Buck, also of Amery, was injured and was taken to Rochester with undetermined injuries.
The Pierce County Highway Department assisted in investigating the crash, and the Red Wing and Ellsworth Fire and Ambulance services and police departments responded to the crash. 