(Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the Minnesota Sate Patrol).

One person was killed and seven others were hurt in a head-on crash on Hwy. 23 in Foley.

The Minnesota State Patrol says the crash happened just before 2:00 p.m. Sunday.

Fifty-five-year-old Bruce Varner of Sauk Rapids died in the crash. One of his passengers, 80-year-old Patricia Lemke of St. Cloud has life-threatening injuries and is at St. Cloud Hospital. Another one of his passengers, 46-year-old Janet Lemke of Rice is at St. Cloud Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the second car 26-year-old Logan Christensen of Letcher, South Dakota has non-life threatening injuries along with his three passengers. They were all taken to St. Cloud Hospital.

According to the state patrol report, A 2011 Ford Fusion driven by Christensen was traveling westbound when it crossed the centerline and collided with another Ford Fusion (2014) that was eastbound. The driver of the eastbound Ford was Varner. Christensen’s passengers were all under the age of 25.