4 killed, 1 injured in pickup-semi collision in Pine Co.

Four of five people in a pickup truck died and another was seriously injured after a crash in Pine County Tuesday night. The pickup turned in front of an oncoming semitrailer while making a left turn on a road near Askov, roughly 95 miles north of the Twin Cities.
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Four of five people in a pickup truck died and another was seriously injured after a crash in Pine County Tuesday night. The pickup turned in front of an oncoming semitrailer while making a left turn on a road near Askov, roughly 95 miles north of the Twin Cities.

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