Man dies in head-on collision near Granite Falls

8:09 AM, Oct 24, 2012   |    comments
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GRANITE FALLS, Minn. - The State Patrol says a Granite Falls man died in a head-on collision in Yellow Medicine County Tuesday afternoon.

Officials say Roger Tjosvold, 80, turned left into the path of another vehicle on Highway 212 near Granite Falls just before 1:30 p.m.

Tjosvold was transported to a hospital where he later died around 7 p.m.

The driver of the second vehicle, a 70-year-old woman from Granite Falls, suffered what police describe as non-life threatening injuries.

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