One Ellsworth woman and one Amery woman died as the result of a car crash on icy roads south of Ellsworth yesterday.

At 3:55 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office responded to a two-vehicle crash with injuries on US Highway 63 near 770th Street in Trenton Township. A 2013 Kia Optima driven by Jena Klos, 43, Ellsworth, was traveling southbound on US Highway 63 when she collided with a 2012 Chevy Equinox, driven by Rodney Buck, 77, Amery, who was heading north on Highway 63.

Red Wing Ambulance transported Klos to Regions Hospital in St. Paul where she was later pronounced dead. Red Wing Ambulance transported Buck to Mayo Hospital in Red Wing, then transferred him to Saint Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minn. with undisclosed injuries. The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office pronounced his passenger, Betty Buck, 77, Amery, dead at the scene.

Red Wing and Ellsworth fire departments, Red Wing and Ellsworth Ambulance, and Red Wing and Ellsworth police departments assisted PCSO at the scene.