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3 injured, 1 gravely, in Wright County crash involving semi
COKATO TOWNSHIP, Minn. — A woman and two children were injured in a crash an hour west of the Twin Cities on Tuesday afternoon.The Minnesota State Patrol says a 2011 Ford F-350 and a 2006 Ford Taurus were traveling westbound on Highway 12 near Quimby Avenue Southwest at 3:23 p.m. when the Taurus made a left turn. That's when the F-350 rear-ended the Taurus.The F-350 then went into the eastbound lane of Highway 12, crashing head-on into a semi-truck.The driver of the F-350, a 42-year-old woman from Hamburg, suffered life-threatening injuries. Two children were also in the truck, ages 13 and 10, and suffered injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.Neither the driver of the Taurus nor the semi driver were injured in the crash, the state patrol says.Highway 12 temporarily closed while crews worked to clean up the crash.
Monticello man charged in off-duty firefighter's shooting death
MINNEAPOLIS — In the days following the shooting death of an off-duty firefighter at a Minneapolis bar last week, prosecutors announced charges have been brought against a 28-year-old Monticello man. According to the criminal complaint filed in Hennepin County on Thursday, Marquise Hammonds-Ford is facing one count each of...
Man accused of assaulting bar patron with bottle
A man is accused of assaulting a bar patron with a bottle. Alex Mark Opatz, 22, of Big Lake was charged Friday in Blue Earth County Court with felony 2nd-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. He also faces misdemeanor charges of 5th-degree assault and disorderly conduct. A criminal complaint says...
Two-vehicle crash on I-94 near Monticello injures one
MONTEVIDEO, Minn. – A two-vehicle crash on eastbound I-94 near Highway 25 in Monticello resulted in one non-life threatening injury on May 12, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Authorities said at approximately 2:55 p.m., a 2004 Buick LeSabre driven by Tayshon Travell Garland, 23, of Sartell, and a...
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