Authorities ID Five People Killed in Cottonwood County Crash

(Learfield News/Sanborn, MN) — The State Patrol is identifying the five people killed in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 71 in southwestern Minnesota’s Cottonwood County.

Troopers say an SUV driven by 67-year-old Martin Hanson of Springfield and a van driven by 42-year-old Matthew Schultz of Lakefield collided head-on Friday afternoon.

Hanson was killed in the crash and Schultz suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Four of Schultz’s passengers died; 49-year-old Kelly Hargus of Jackson, 73-year-old Kathleen Johnson of Jackson, 73-year-old Richard Johnson of Jackson, and 47-year-old Lindsey Rossow of Lakefield.

Nine others in the van were injured.