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Fidencio Ramirez Rojas, 37, killed and six people injured in head-on car accident on Highway 12 in Meeker County, MN

Date:

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Area:

The deadly crash happened at 6:22 p.m. on Highway 12 when a Chevy Malibu traveling westbound on Highway 12 and a 2002 Nissan pick-up traveling eastbound crashed head-on when the Nissan lost control on the icy road and crossed the centerline. Both vehicles wound up in a ditch. 37-year-old Fidencio Ramirez Rojas of Litchfield was ejected from the Nissan and was pronounced deceased at the crash scene. Juan Martinez Garcia, 44, Miguel Hernandez, 26, and Pedro Godoy, 43, were all in the Nissan and suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Robert Brau, 21, killed in head-on motorcycle collision on Highway 12 near Montrose, Minnesota

Date:

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Area:

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

The Minnesota State Patrol has identified the 21-year-old motorcyclist who was killed in a head-on collision in Wright County last week.

Robert Brau of Willmar died after he was hit by a 17-year-old girl on Highway 12 near Montrose on Thursday morning.

The teen was driving eastbound on the road when it crossed the center line and hit a 2003 Suzuki motorcycle, driven by Brau, traveling in the opposite direction, the state patrol says.

Brau was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the state patrol. He was wearing a helmet.

Steven Francis Crowley, 50, one other person, killed, after head-on, two vehicle collision on Highway 12 near Orano.

Date:

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Area:

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

A 50-year-old man was one of two people who were killed in a head-on crash near Orono on Friday morning.

Steven Francis Crowley of Delano died as a result of multiple blunt force injuries he sustained during the crash, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner.

Orono officers were called at 7:01 a.m. on a report of a collision on Highway 12 just west of County Road 6. When they arrived, they found two vehicles with severe damage.