Clay County crash leaves 1 driver dead, another arrested

OAKPORT TOWNSHIP, Minn. (FOX 9) - A crash in Oakport Township, Minnesota left one driver dead and another arrested on Saturday evening. 

Fatal Clay County crash

What we know:

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, just before 7 p.m., officers responded to a crash involving two vehicles around the 3000 block of Highway 75. 

Both vehicles only had drivers in them, and one of them died as a result of the crash, law enforcement said. The other driver involved was arrested on suspicion of DWI. 

Dig deeper:

The Minnesota State Patrol crash report says the crash happened when a man driving a Toyota Tundra was northbound in the southbound lane of Highway 75. That driver, described as a 28-year-old from Moorhead, Minnesota, was later arrested on suspected DWI charges. 

The other driver, a 43-year-old woman from Ennis, Texas, was driving a Jeep Compass southbound in the southbound lane when the two vehicles collided in a head-on crash, according to the crash report. She then died following the crash. 

Authorities say road conditions were dry at the time of the incident. 

What we don't know:

Authorities did not say if the driver who was arrested suffered any injuries. 

The identity of the person who died has not yet been released by authorities.