Motorists in Cottage Grove are being asked to avoid southbound U.S. Highway 61 and expect delays northbound as officers respond to the scene of a fatal crash near Kingsborough Trail.

One person was killed in the two-vehicle accident, which occurred around 4:30 p.m., according to Cottage Grove Public Safety officials.

Officials said motorists should avoid southbound Highway 61 beginning at Innovation Road, according to a post on social media.

“Traffic is being re-routed from southbound Highway 61 to northbound Keats/19, then to eastbound 70th St to southbound Manning/95,” the post states. “Traffic on northbound Highway 61 south of Kingsboro Trail has been reduced to one lane.”

Investigators from the Minnesota State Patrol have been called in to conduct accident reconstruction.

Police said they did not know how long traffic on U.S. 61 would be impacted.

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