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Gabriel Kemp of Bluffton, Minnesota, was killed in a head-on collision with a semi-truck early Saturday morning on Highway 71 at 120th Street in the Verndale area of Wadena County at about 12:45 a.m. Kemp was a passenger in a car driven by Tyler Langer, 22, heading north on Highway 71. The car crossed the center line and hit a semi heading south. Kemp died at the crash site. Langer was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the commercial truck had no apparent injuries.