Hanska Teen Killed, Driver Seriously Hurt in Blue Earth County Crash

(Learfield News/Lake Crystal, MN) — Authorities are investigating a crash near Lake Crystal that left one teenager dead and another hospitalized.

The Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office says a pickup and a car collided Sunday at an intersection on County Road 11.

The driver of the car, 17-year-old Braydon Kral of rural New Ulm, suffered serious injuries, and his passenger, 15-year-old Claire Jeske of Hanska, died at the scene.

The two occupants of the pickup were not injured.