Fatal Head-on Crash in Stearns County

Two drivers died in a two-vehicle head-on crash in Stearns County early Monday evening near Cold Spring.

The State Patrol says 35-year-old Greg Steil of Richmond and 52-year-old James Wilton of Fairchild, Wisconsin, died at the scene.

The Patrol says Wilton was driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of Highway 23 in Wakefield Township. Steil was driving westbound when the vehicles crashed head-on in the westbound lane.

The crash happened just after 5pm.