Teen dies in head-on collision in Wadena Co.

6:33 PM, Jan 10, 2012   |    comments
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SEBEKA, Minn. - The State Patrol says a 17-year-old girl has died in a head-on collision with a semi truck Monday morning in Wadena County.

The accident happened just before 11 a.m. on Highway 71 and County Road 13 north of Sebeka.  Seventeen-year-old Whitney R. Pajari of Sebeka crossed the center line and struck a semi truck head on, according to the State Patrol.

Pajari died on the scene. The driver of the semi, a 48-year-old man from Wadena, suffered what police describe as non-life threatening injuries.

The Sebeka Police Department and Wadena County Sheriff's Office assisted with the incident.

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