A 36-year-old man from Sartell, Minn., is dead after a head-on accident with a dump truck near Kimball Monday.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Barry Gronli of Sartell was traveling south on Minnesota Highway 15, four miles south of Kimball and one mile north of Minnesota 24, when his 2004 Oldsmobile Alero crossed into the northbound lane and struck a dump truck.
The accident happened at 11:06 a.m. Monday. The dump truck driver, Jason Kantor, 30, of Clearwater, Minn., was transported to St. Cloud Hospital with minor injury neck pains.
The dump truck is owned by Knife River Corporation of Sauk Rapids, Minn., according to the Meeker County Sheriff's Office. Both drivers were wearing a seat belt.
The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating the accident.
The Stearns County Sheriff's Office, Kimball Police and Kimball Fire and Rescue and Watkins Ambulance also assisted.