Authorities in northern Minnesota are investigating after two people died in an ATV crash Saturday night.

The crash happened just before 9:20 p.m., according to the Carlton County Sheriff's Office. The 911 caller said the crash happened on Ditch Bank Forest Road in Progress Township, which is located about 40 miles west of Duluth.

The sheriff's office says a 48-year-old woman from the Cloquet area and a 59-year-old man from out of state died in the crash. People on the scene of the crash attempted CPR, but were unsuccessful.

The names of the victims will be released after their families are notified.

Carlton County Sheriff Kelly Lake says deputies learned the pair had been traveling in a side-by-side type ATV with a group of other riders when they were separated from them. Someone from

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