Belle Plaine mother killed in crash had 'heart of gold'

A Belle Plaine woman and mother killed in a Thursday crash in Le Sueur County is being remembered as having a “heart of gold.”

The crash was reported around 7:10 a.m. at the intersection of 211th Avenue and 320th Street in Derrynane Township. Mackenzie Glaser, 23, drove her Chevy Malibu through a stop sign on 211th and struck a Chevrolet Express van and trailer.

Glaser died at the scene. She was taking her one-year-old daughter to daycare at the time of the crash, with the toddler taken to a hospital for observation.

The three people inside the Chevy van were uninjured.

Glaser’s aunt recently created a GoFundMe to pay for funeral costs. Additional money raised will go toward Millie’s future education, according to the fundraiser.

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