Itasca County, MN : Crash in Itasca County kills 1 teen pedestrian, injures another on Monday, 22nd July 2024

One teenager is dead and another was airlifted to a hospital after a driver hit them early Monday morning in northern Minnesota.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a Chevrolet Monte Carlo was headed south on Highway 169 near the town of Coleraine — about 70 miles northwest of Duluth — around 1:30 a.m. when it struck the teens, who were walking in the roadway.

One of the pedestrians, 14-year-old Dakota Kimberly Jones, was pronounced dead at the scene. The other, 13-year-old Aubrey Mary Martin, was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth and is expected to survive.

An 18-year-old driving the car and a 21-year-old passenger were unharmed.




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