By Tom Hintgen

Otter Tail County Correspondent

A 55-year-old woman from Sebeka, northeast of New York Mills in Wadena County, lost her life in a traffic accident early in the morning hours of Nov. 27 between New York Mills and Perham. The victim was identified as Rebecca Ann Shahin.

The fatal accident took place at the intersection of Highway 10 and Haberman Road in Pine Lake Township.

Shahin was driving a 2006 Mercury Milan and collided with a 2014 Dodge Ram 3500 pickup driven by 51-year-old Mark Allyn Winkley of Miles City, Montana. Winkley and two passengers were not injured in the accident.

Sheriff deputies, working in conjunction with the Minnesota State Highway Patrol, reported that Shahin was northbound on Haberman Road and Winkley was eastbound on Highway 10 when the accident took place.