1 dead, 1 hurt after head-on crash in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A man is dead after a head-on collision in Minneapolis on Monday.

Police responded to the two-vehicle crash shortly before 10 a.m. in the area of Hiawatha Avenue and 26th Street SE.

According to officers, it appears a driver in his late 40s was headed south on Hiawatha when his vehicle crossed over the center lane and struck another vehicle head-on. The driver in his late 40s was rushed to the hospital where he later died. The driver of the other vehicle, a man in his mid-70s, was treated at the scene.

WEDNESDAY UPDATE: The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the driver killed in the crash as Elbert Cornelle Robinson, age 49 of Minneapolis. His cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries.

The circumstances that led to the crash are under investigation, police say.