A wrong-way driver collided with another vehicle in Inver Grove Heights Tuesday night, killing both drivers.

An 80-year-old woman from Cottage Grove entered the northbound lanes of U.S. 52, traveling southbound, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

A 60-year-old man from Birchwood, Wis., was driving north on northbound U.S. 52. The vehicles collided in the area of 80th Street.

It was a rainy night and road conditions were wet, according to the State Patrol, which plans to release the names of the drivers later Wednesday morning.

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