Minnesota Teen Killed in Valentine’s Day Crash on Slick Highway

Lakeland, MN (KROC-AM News) - The Washington County Sheriff's Office says it appears slippery conditions contributed to a crash on Friday afternoon that claimed the life of a teenage girl.

The Sheriff's Office says the deadly crash was reported around 4 PM on a two-lane highway just west of the town of Lakeland, which is located on the Minnesota side of the St. Croix River across from Hudson, Wisconsin. A news release says the driver of one of the two vehicles involved in the collision, 17-year-old Elizabeth Radecki of Woodbury, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash report indicates the driver of the second vehicle suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the crash, which remains under investigation.

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