One person killed, one injured in two-car accident near Nevis

One person has died and another is in critical condition following a head-on collision east of Park Rapids Wednesday afternoon.

Both victims were air-lifted to Innovis Hospital in Fargo, where Robert L. McGrath, 49, Minneapolis, was listed in critical condition Thursday morning.

The name of the deceased driver will be released later today.

Both drivers were in pickup trucks. Dozens of first responders descended on the scene. The accident, at 4 p.m., snarled traffic on Highway 34 between Park Rapids and Nevis for two hours.

Emergency crews worked frantically to extricate both drivers from their mangled vehicles, using pry bars, the jaws of life and cutting torches.

Both pickups were demolished.

The roadway was clear but wet at the time of the crash. There were no passengers in either vehicle. No cause has been listed for the accident, which is under investigation by the Minnesota State Patrol.