AMNICON TOWNSHIP — Two drivers were killed in a wrong-way, head-on crash on U.S. Highway 53 south of Superior Wednesday afternoon.

A vehicle going northbound in the southbound lanes collided with a southbound vehicle around 2:10 p.m. between Berg Park Road and Kent Road, according to a news release from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. The highway was shut down in the wake of the crash.

The drivers of both vehicles died. Their identities are not being released pending family notification. The drivers were the sole occupants of the vehicles.

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