accidents

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...

A 70-year-old Fergus Falls woman was hurt in a two-vehicle accident near Phelps Mill on New Year’s Day. The crash occurred at the intersection of County Highway 1 and 310th Avenue, west of Otter Tail Lake, at about 4:20 p.m., according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office....

A 75-year-old man and a male acquaintance were rescued from the roof of a pickup truck that had fallen through the ice on Otter Tail Lake on Friday. Robert Karst, of Battle Lake, who was driving the truck, and his unidentified male passenger, were brought back to shore unharmed,...

A 19-year-old Vergas male escaped injury and made it to shore after the four-wheeler he was driving went through the ice on Rose Lake at about 5:45 p.m. on Dec. 26. The unidentified male denied medical attention and was taken home by his father, unharmed. Authorities said he had...

MONTEVIDEO, Minn. — A North Dakota man died Friday night in a snowmobile accident north of Montevideo, according to the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office. Joshua Peter Decock, 34, of Fargo, N.D., was driving a snowmobile on 10th Street Northeast at the time of the accident,...

BRAINERD, Minn. -- A rollover crash claimed the life of a driver Monday afternoon in Crow Wing County, the Minnesota State Patrol said. The name of the driver was not immediately released. The accident took place about 2:30 p.m. on dry blacktop at Highway 25 and County Road...

A Perham man went into Little Pine Lake after the ATV he was driving broke through the ice on Sunday. Steven Breitenfeldt, 47, was able to extricate himself from the lake and was not injured, according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office. He was approximately 150 yards...

Two people were rescued from the roof a car that had gone through the ice on Otter Tail Lake Saturday morning. The driver, 34-year-old Bryan Franklin of Clitherall, spent the night fishing and became disoriented in the fog that morning, the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office...

One person was killed and another seriously injured when the car they were in crossed over a center line and struck a semi head-on near Wadena early Saturday morning. Twenty-two-year-old Tyler Langer of Wadena was driving an Oldsmobile Alero northbound when it crossed over the...

MAHNOMEN, Minn. – A local man was killed early this morning when a train collided with his car, according to the Mahnomen County Sheriff's Department. Timothy Goodman, 45, was crossing the Canadian Pacific railroad tracks at 140th Street just south of town around...

A 27-year-old Dent man is unharmed after becoming disoriented in the fog on Saturday and driving his vehicle through a patch of weak ice on Walker Lake. Justin Adkins submerged his vehicle in 4-5 feet of water near a river entrance at about 7:40 p.m., according to the Otter Tail...