Aitkin County crash kills 2, multiple people seriously injured

A car crash Friday took the lives of two people and seriously injured five others, including juveniles, in Aitkin County.

The Minnesota State Patrol said the crash occurred in Aitkin County before 5:15 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 169 and Grove Street, south of Waukenabo Township.

According to the State Patrol, four vehicles were involved: a 1993 GMC Suburban, a 2019 GMC Yukon, a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee and a 2009 Dodge Ram.

State Patrol said the Suburban was traveling east on Grove Street, pulling a trailer, when it failed to stop at the stop sign before Highway 169. At the same time, the Yukon was traveling north on the highway and struck the Suburban.

The Yukon then crashed into the Jeep and the Ram, which were stopped and had been waiting to cross the highway.

In the Suburban, two passengers were killed, 61-year-old Elizabeth Jane Baldwin and 92-year-old Marlo Dean Baldwin, both of Minnetonka. State Patrol said Elizabeth was not wearing her seatbelt at the time of the crash.

The driver of the Suburban, a 61-year-old man from Minnetonka, received life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital for treatment.

A 44-year-old woman, an 18-year-old man, a 14-year-old girl, and an 11-year-old girl, all from Zimmerman, received life-threatening injuries and were taken to the hospital.

Two other passengers from the Yukon, an 18-year-old woman and a 15-year-old girl, received non-life-threatening injuries.

No one was injured in the Jeep or Dodge.