Little Falls man dies in Cass County crash

BEMIDJI—A Little Falls man was killed in a head-on crash Friday morning near Leader, Minn.

The Cass County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a two-vehicle crash at 6:53 a.m. on County Road 103 in rural Leader, the sheriff's office said in a release.

When deputies and first responders arrived on scene, they found two vehicles involved in the crash. The driver of a 2011 Honda IEX, Erik Mathison, 42, of Little Falls, Minn., was found dead at the scene. A juvenile male from Mathison's car was airlifted to North Memorial Hospital with unknown injuries. The other vehicle was a 2004 Dodge Ram pickup driven by Steven Longworth, 19, of Staples, Minn., and a passenger, Jessy Frie, 22, of Motley, who were treated at Staples Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

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