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Another Fatal Traffic Crash In Minnesota
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Brooks, MN (KROC AM ) - A woman from northwest Minnesota is the latest to die in a traffic wreck in the state.
She was killed Friday while driving near the town of Brooks around 12:30 pm.
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The Minnesota State Patrol reports 79-year-old Kathy Jenkins of East Grand Forks was driving on a rural highway when her vehicle “drifted onto the right shoulder and overcorrected, causing it to roll and come to a rest in the north ditch.”
Jenkins was not wearing a seatbelt and died at the scene.
The State Patrol has reported eight traffic fatalities since Wednesday.
News update: Plainview woman crashes in rural Olmsted County.
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