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.