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1 killed, 8 injured in Christmas night crash

The driver of one of the vehicles, 69-year-old Virgil Richter of Glencoe, died in the wreck.
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LESTER PRAIRIE, Minn. - A Glencoe man was killed and eight others were injured following a crash southwest of Lester Prairie on Christmas night.

Shortly after 4:30 Monday evening, the McLeod County Sheriff's Office responded to a two-vehicle crash near the area of 180th St., west of Baldwin Ct.

The driver of one of the vehicles, 69-year-old Virgil Richter, died in the wreck. His passenger, a 63-year-old woman, also Glencoe, was injured and transported to Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia.

A second vehicle, a suburban driven by a 35-year-old woman from Glencoe, was involved in the crash. Six passengers, including a baby girl, were injured in the wreck and were transported to the Glencoe Hospital.

The crash remains under investigation.

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