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BREAKING NEWS: Thanksgiving Day car-crash victim identified

The driver killed in an Olmsted County head-on crash on Thanksgiving morning, has been identified as a Byron resident, 24-year-old Casey Beach.
 
According to the state patrol, witnesses reported that a Honda Civic was traveling northbound on Hwy 52 north of Chatfield, when it crossed the centerline several times before colliding with a southbound GMC Acadia.
A Toyota Camry traveling northbound swerved to avoid the vehicles, entered a ditch and rolled. The driver of the Toyota has been identified as 29-year-old Thomas Collins of St. Louis Park. He suffered non-life threatening injuries.
The driver of the GMC, identified as 33-year-old Nicholas Farley of Woodbury, suffered no apparent injuries. There were two passengers and one suffered non-life threatening injuries.
Beach, who was wearing a seatbelt, died at the scene. No alcohol was detected in his system, nor in those of the other drivers.

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