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WILLMAR –– A 2011 Willmar High School graduate who excelled in academics, band and choir and was studying at the University of Minnesota to prepare for a career in music was killed Thursday when his motorcycle collided with a car. Robert Brau, 21, of Willmar, died in a two-vehicle,...

WILLMAR –– A 2011 Willmar High School graduate was killed Thursday in a motorcycle accident in Wright County According to a notice from the Peterson Brothers Funeral Home, Robert Brau, 21, died as a result of injuries from an accident near Montrose. The Minnesota State...

OLIVIA — Carlos Quezada, 42, was killed in a broadside accident on Minnesota Highway 4 in Renville County around 5 p.m. on Thursday, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Quezada was driving a 2006 Ford Freestyle southbound on the highway near milepost 86 when it collided...

By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - A fatal fall Monday night of a 29-year-old baseball fan from an upper deck of the Atlanta Braves Turner Field stadium was an accident, police said Tuesday. The Fulton County Medical Examiner's office identified the man as Ronald Homer, 29,...

(Reuters) - A man died after falling some 60 feet from the upper deck of the Atlanta Braves' Turner Field baseball stadium, the Major League team and police said on Monday. The Braves issued a statement during their game against the Philadelphia Phillies confirming the fall, which...

LITCHFIELD — A Cokato man was killed and his father severely injured in a one-vehicle accident at 5:33 p.m. on Saturday east of Kingston, the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office reported. Timothy Keskey, 52, was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger and father, Melvin Keskey,...

WARREN, Ohio (AP) -- Two teens who escaped a crash that killed six friends in a swampy pond wriggled out of the wreckage by smashing a rear window and swimming away from the SUV, a state trooper said Monday. By THOMAS J. SHEERAN Associated Press WARREN, Ohio (AP) -- Two teens who...

WARREN, Ohio (AP) -- The mother of one of six teenagers killed in a northeast Ohio crash says the victims and two boys who survived the accident were close friends and lived in the same neighborhood. By THOMAS J. SHEERAN Associated Press WARREN, Ohio (AP) -- The mother of one of...

MILAN — A Granite Falls man was killed early this morning when an oversized load struck a railroad bridge north of Milan. George J. Piasecki, 61, was killed when the load came off a semi on Minnesota Highway 7/U.S. Highway 59 and landed on the car he was driving, according to the...

RENVILLE — A 37-year employee of the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative died of injuries he suffered in a workplace accident at 2:50 p.m. Thursday at the plant in Renville. Erv Knuston, 60, of Sacred Heart, was struck by a payloader while outside in the pellet loading area,...

MONTEVIDEO — Felony char-ges of criminal vehicular homicide or operation will go forward against a 70-year-old defendant in a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred Dec. 16, 2011, in Chippewa County. District Judge Thomas Van Hon ruled this week that probable cause exists for...

DASSEL – A 10-year old girl from North Carolina died Thursday after a sledding accident at her grandparents’ home in rural Dassel. According to the Meeker County Sheriff’s office, emergency crews were called to the Craig and Barbara Kay residence in Dassel Township around 3:33...