WADENA, Minn. -- A 25-year-old rural Motley man was killed early Sunday and a 36-year-old Villard man was injured in a motor vehicle crash in Wadena County in central Minnesota.
The Wadena County Sheriff's Office was called about 1:33 a.m. Deputies found two victims in a 2001 Chevrolet Silverado. Michael James Dewald, was pronounced deceased on scene. Another occupant, Karl Raphel Kliber, of Villard, was transported by ambulance to Lakewood Health Systems in Staples with non-life threatening injuries.
Alcohol and speed is believed to be a factor in the crash, the sheriff's office reported.
