MORGAN (KMHL) – Two people are dead following an accident that occurred yesterday afternoon along Highway 68 west of Morgan.

The Minnesota State Patrol says a 2004 Mercury Sable, driven by 18-year-old Kaden Reusch, of Holdingford, was headed north on Redwood County Highway 13 when it was involved in a broadside crash with a 2003 International semi-truck, driven by Erik Welter, 38, of Morgan.

Authorities say both Reusch and Welter will killed in the crash, which was reported just before 3 p.m. yesterday afternoon.