LE SUEUR COUNTY, MN. (THECOUNT) — Raquel Elizabeth Stutsman, of Le Sueur, Minnesota, has been identified as the victim in a Saturday afternoon vehicle crash in Le Sueur County.

Stutsman, 19, was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Kasota Township Saturday afternoon.

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According to reports, Stutsman was operating a vehicle on CR-23/ Ottawa Road in Le Sueur, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway around 2:50 p.m. Saturday. The vehicle then came into contact with a grouping of trees.

Stutsman was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.

Family and friends took to Facebook to remember the beloved teen:

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Le Sueur County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 27,703. Its county seat is Le Center. Le Sueur County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.