September 19 – EMS and fire personnel from the Eveleth Ambulance Service, Eveleth Fire Department and Virginia Fire Department were dispatched to a two vehicle accident on Highway 53 and Hatrick Avenue in Eveleth. The driver of one vehicle, 16 year old Hannah Wilson of Virginia, was airlifted from the scene to Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth, where she later died from her injuries. The driver of the other vehicle, 38 year old Jeffrey Reed of Duluth, was transported with minor injuries to the Virginia Regional Medical Center. The northbound lane of Highway 53 was closed down for several hours with traffic being diverted to a frontage road. The accident, reported around 3:30 p.m., remains under investigation by the Minnesota State Patrol.
