1 dead after crash in rural Cass County

A 77-year-old man is dead after a crash Wednesday afternoon in Cass County, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

Just after noon, a Chevrolet Tahoe was traveling north on Highway 6 near Remer, a town about 25 miles southwest of Grand Rapids, when it crossed into the southbound lane and struck a Ford Escape, a crash report states.

The driver of the Tahoe, 36-year-old Matthew Turner of Pine River, Minnesota, was taken to Crosby Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the Escape, 77-year-old Harold Edmund Cook, was killed, said the state patrol.

It is unknown whether alcohol was involved in the accident. The collision did involve an unbelted driver.

There is no further information at this time.