St. Cloud Man Killed In Mille Lacs County Crash, Woman Seriously Hurt

MILACA - A St. Cloud man was killed, and a St. Cloud woman seriously hurt, in a crash with a semi. The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened at about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday on Highway 169 in Milaca Township in Mille Lacs County.

A semi was going south when a car tried to cross the highway heading east on 190th street and was struck broadside in the driver's door.

Fifty-nine-year-old Gary Leodis of St. Cloud was the driver of the car. He was killed in the crash. His passenger, 52-year-old Linda Otteson of St. Cloud was taken to North Memorial with what the State Patrol describes as life threatening injuries.

The driver of the semi, 30-year-old Robert Zerwas of Zimmerman, was not hurt.