Kirt Schmidt, 46, and James Winnes, 28, killed in wrong-way head-on crash on Interstate 35 in Albert Lea, Minnesota

The Minnesota State Patrol says two men were killed when one of them drove the wrong way on an interstate in southern Minnesota. The crash happened shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday on Interstate 35 near Albert Lea near the Iowa border. The patrol says 46-year-old Kirt Schmidt of Owatonna was traveling south in the northbound lanes and collided with a car driven by 28-year-old James Winnes, of Albert Lea. Winnes' vehicle was pushed into a semi. Both Schmidt and Winnes died at the scene of the collision. There were no passengers in their vehicles. The Albert Lea Tribune says the trucker wasn't injured.