Two dead after two-vehicle accident in Britt

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Minn. – Two people were killed in a two-vehicle crash Thursday morning in Britt, Minnesota.

The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office said just before 9 a.m. it received a report of a two-vehicle collision in the 9100 block of Biss Road.

Authorities said a witness reported seeing one driver, a 76-year-old man, traveling eastbound and the second driver, a 69-year-old man, traveling westbound. The eastbound driver went onto the side of the road, crossed the center line too far and crashed into the other man.

Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. They were both driving pickup trucks. Their names have yet to be shared with the family.

The crash is under investigation.