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Two dead after rollover Tuesday

Two women died in a rollover crash in southern Carlton County Tuesday. According to the Minnesota State Patrol incident report, Angela Marie Severson, 35, of Pierre, South Dakota was driving a Chevy Blazer northbound on Highway 23 near County Road 8 at approximately 6:17 p.m. Tuesday when the vehicle left the roadway, rolled and hit a tree. Both Severson and her passenger, Jennifer Lynn Bokusky, 36, of Apple Valley, died in the crash. Neither was wearing a seatbelt and the airbags in the vehicle did not deploy. It is unknown if alcohol was a factor, according to the report. The Carlton County Sheriff’s Office, Kerrick Fire and Rescue and Essentia Ambulance responded to the crash.