DEER CREEK – A 2-year-old boy is the only survivor of a head-on car crash Sunday afternoon, Feb. 5, that killed two drivers near here in Otter Tail County, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
The boy, Mason Mousseau of Wadena, was hospitalized after the crash, but his injuries were not life-threatening, the patrol said.
The crash happened about 3:18 p.m. on state Highway 29 two miles east of Deer Creek, southwest of Wadena.
Mousseau was a passenger in a 1999 Oldsmobile Alero driven by 31-year-old Jessica Marie Lannes, also from Wadena. She was westbound on Highway 29 when she tried to pass a vehicle on the two-lane highway and collided head-on with an eastbound 2001 Chevrolet Tracker, the patrol said.
The Chevrolet driver, Lucille Marie Rehm, 63, of Wadena, died from her injuries, the patrol said.
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Airbags deployed in both vehicles and all three motorists were wearing seat belts
Patrol Sgt. Jesse Grabow said he did not know what the relationship was between the Oldsmobile driver and the boy.
