accident

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. -- The driver of a car that crashed into a Twin Cities pond, killing two children and hospitalizing three others, did not have a valid driver’s license, authorities said Friday. Marion Guerrido, 23, of Brooklyn Center, who escaped the crash without injury...

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minnesota (AP) — Rescuers worked frantically to free five children trapped in a submerged car after it veered off a highway ramp in suburban Minneapolis and into a frigid pond, smashing windows to get inside even as a tow truck winched the car out. One of the...

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (AP) — A car veered off a rain-slicked highway ramp in suburban Minneapolis early Thursday, landing in a nearby holding pond and trapping five children underwater for several minutes until a tow truck could pull it out, authorities said.

Forum News Service FARGO – Police have identified a 43-year-old former hockey coach as the man who was found dead Monday night near the railroad tracks in an industrial area of Fargo. Chad Lewis Johnson, of Fargo, died of injuries related to being struck by a train,...

SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. -- A pedestrian was struck and killed by a driver Saturday morning on Highway 10 near Sauk Rapids. The Minnesota State Patrol said Robert C. Schmit, 23, of St. Cloud, was struck by a 1990 Buick Century around 5:30 a.m. at milepost 176. He died at the...

PARKERS PRAIRIE, Minn. – A bicyclist is dead after riding into traffic Thursday evening near this Otter Tail County town. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a bicyclist was riding west on 145th Street about 4 p.m. when the cyclist entered traffic and broadsided a northbound...

WILLMAR – Students on a Willmar school bus escaped injury Monday afternoon when the bus they were riding home from school was involved in a four-vehicle crash. The accident happened at around 3:20 p.m. on 19th Avenue. According to the Willmar Police Department the accident...

BENSON – Five members of a Willmar family were injured in a two-vehicle accident Saturday west of Kerkhoven, with at least one sustaining critical injuries. According to the Swift County Sheriff’s Department a mini-van driven by Craig Price, 50, of Willmar, collided with a...

BENSON — State Highway 29 north of Benson has now been reopened to all traffic, the Swift County Sheriff’s Office says. The highway had been closed due to this morning’s anhydrous ammonia tanker rollover crash. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the crash was reported around...

BENSON -- An accident early today caused by a patch of ice resulted in the release of anhydrous ammonia from two tanks being pulled by a pickup just north of Benson. The Swift County Sheriff's office says most of the product has been released and there is no emergency to the immediate...

HUTCHINSON – Two people, including a man from Spicer, were injured Tuesday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident near Hutchinson. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Stephen Ostlund, 56, of Spicer, and Caitlin Enright, 23, of Duluth, were injured when their vehicles collided...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- A hunter in north central Minnesota died of gunshot wounds after being shot by his hunting partner. According to Hubbard County Sheriff Cory Aukes, 23-year-old Adam Earl Poole of Nevis and a friend were hunting Saturday in a channel between two lakes when...

SAUK CENTRE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota State Patrol says a passenger who fell off a motorcycle has died after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. A KNSI-AM report (http://bit.ly/15bta5o ) says the accident happened late Saturday night just north of Sauk Centre. Troopers...