GRANTSBURG, Wis. (WJMC) — Two people were killed and three children seriously injured in a head-on collision in Burnett County on Sunday morning.
Sheriff Tracy Finch said a Toyota van was driving south on Highway 48/87, south of Grantsburg, just after 9:30 a.m. on Sunday. At a curve in the road, the van went onto the shoulder, then overcorrected, driving into the path of a northbound Jeep.
The driver and front passenger in the van were killed. Three children in the back of the van were transported to a hospital in the twin cities, two of them by air. The driver and passenger in the jeep were taken by private vehicle to the Burnett Medical Center.
No names have been released.