accidents

A BNSF train collided with a vehicle that became stuck on the tracks in Perham Tuesday night, police said. The 21-year-old driver of the vehicle was taken to Perham Health, an Otter Tail County dispatcher said, relaying information provided by Perham Police Chief Jason Hoaby. The...

A Mahnomen man was injured Tuesday when his pickup truck was rear-ended by a car on Highway 10 near Verndale. Curtis G. Markert, 75, of Mahnomen suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to the State Patrol. He had pulled his 2011 Chevy Silverado onto the eastbound shoulder...

Five people were injured in a two-vehicle collision Friday evening on Highway 108 west of Pelican Rapids. The crash occurred when a westbound 2007 Chevy Impala lost control and spun into the westbound lane, where it was struck on the driver’s side by an eastbound 2003 GMC Sierra...

ADA, Minn. - A head-on crash near here killed an elderly couple from Mentor, Minn., on Monday afternoon, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Carlton and Hazel Roed , both 88, were headed north on Highway 9 in a 2009 Chevrolet Impala when the car crossed the centerline and...

A Bertha girl was injured after turning in front of a vehicle driven by a Frazee woman on Highway 71 in Wadena on Friday. According to the State Patrol, Caitlyn McKnight, 16, of Bertha suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the crash. She was transported to the hospital...

BEMIDJI -- A 32-year-old pedestrian died when he was hit by a vehicle just before 8 p.m. Wednesday on a road east of Bemidji. The man, who has not yet been identified pending notification to relatives, was walking south along the 16000 block of Roosevelt Road SE when, according...

A semi tractor-trailer rig driven by a Detroit Lakes man backed into a State Patrol squad car this morning in Otter Tail County. No one was hurt in the accident, according to the State Patrol. David Nohner, 48, of Onamia was the driver of the semi. The trooper was Brian T. Gibbs,...

OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. – One man was arrested after driving into Otter Tail Lake, Minn., on Saturday night. According to police, around 9 p.m. Saturday a man drove into open water on Otter Tail Lake, about 20 miles north and east of Fergus Falls, Minn. The man and a passenger...

BRAINERD, Minn. – A Barnesville man was injured in a head-on crash here Thursday morning. Minnesota State Patrol officials said Vaughn C. Gentry, 39, was headed north on County Road 3 near Brainerd at around 8:20 a.m. when he lost control of his Dodge Ram, crossed the line, and...

BEMIDJI, Minn. – A Menagha, Minn., man is hospitalized after he lost control of his pickup truck and hit a bridge guardrail in Bemidji Wednesday morning. Minnesota State Patrol Lt. Tiffani Nielson said Joshua E. Nevala, 20, of Menagha, was headed east on Highway 2 when he lost...

Four people received non-life threatening injuries in a head-on collision that was reported by the Minnesota State Patrol at 9:24 a.m. Friday. A 2005 Chevy Venture was travelling westbound on Highway 34 when the driver, Troy G. Hovde, 46, of Moorhead, lost control while passing...

A motorist died Monday afternoon after fleeing a traffic stop, leading officers on an 11-mile chase, then smashing head-on into an unoccupied squad car at the junction of Highway 59 and Interstate 94 near Fergus Falls. The name, age, gender and city of residence of the motorist...

MAIDEN ROCK, Wis. - A Red Wing, Minn., youth died over the weekend of a gunshot wound that occurred while hunting in Maiden Rock in northwest Wisconsin. The incident is under investigation, according to authorities in Pierce County, Wis. Logan Hinrichs attended eighth grade...