Park Rapids woman killed in Friday crash

A Park Rapids woman was killed in a crash near Bemidji Friday afternoon.

The state patrol says 34-year-old Sylvia White was northbound on Highway 71 near the Beltrami Line Road when she collided with a northbound tractor.

The 36-year-old tractor driver, Kyle Schulke of Bemidji, was not injured.

The tractor, according to the report, was hauling a fertilizer cart.

White was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office and Bemidji’s Police and Fire departments assisted at the scene.


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