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NAMES RELEASED IN KANDIYOHI COUNTY FATAL CRASH

The Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of two people killed in a two-vehicle crash Thursday night.  Officials say 33-year-old Ashley Olson of Willmar went through a stop sign on County Road 26 north of Kandiyohi and collided with a pickup.  Olson and passenger 33–year-old Joshua Velez of Pennock were both killed.  The driver of the pickup, a 17-year-old boy, was taken to a Willmar hospital with non life threatening injuries.