2 teens killed in wrong-way interstate crash

Published 7:55 pm Tuesday, September 26, 2017

MINNEAPOLIS — Two teenagers have died and a third person has been seriously injured in a wrong-way crash on the interstate in Minneapolis, according to a press release.

The Minnesota State Patrol said the collision between two cars happened about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 94 east of Lowry Avenue.

The patrol said a BMW was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of the interstate when it hit a Camry head on. An 18-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man in the Camry were killed.

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The 26-year-old Brooklyn Center man driving the BMW was seriously injured. Authorities believe he was intoxicated.