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Two women riding in a UTV were killed in a weekend crash involving their vehicle and a pickup truck in central Minnesota’s Benton County.
The crash occurred at about 2:20 p.m. Saturday in the 9600 block of Ronneby Road Northeast in Maywood Township, according to a news release from Benton County Sheriff Troy Heck.
According to the sheriff: The utility task vehicle was southbound and the pickup was northbound on Ronneby when the vehicles collided near the highway’s centerline.
First responders found a 2011 Chevy Silverado in the east ditch of Ronneby adjacent to a UTV that was engulfed in flames. Witnesses had already pulled the two women from the burning UTV. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the UTV was identified as Jamie Lea Jendro, 44, of Princeton. The UTV passenger was identified as Lindsay Erin Karsky, 34, of Oak Park.
The driver of the pickup, Todd Lee Henke, 57, of Foley, suffered minor injuries fr...
