Jo McMullen / KVSC reporter

A head on collision early Wednesday morning south of Buffalo has sent one man to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The Minnesota State Patrol says 22-year-old Donavan Wayne Baity of Buffalo was airlifted to HCMC after a crash just after 5 a.m.

Baity was headed westbound on Highway 55 and veered over the center line, at the intersection with County Road 14.

His Chevy hit a a vehicle driven by 21-year-old Joseph Clarence James of Becker.

He and his passenger from St. Cloud had non-life threatening injuries.