DAWSON – Blow ice, which is caused when snow drifts over warm, wet roads, is being blamed for an accident Tuesday afternoon in Lac qui Parle County that injured a pickup driver.
The accident was reported at 4:31 p.m. on U.S. Highway 212 in Hamlin Township.
According to the State Patrol, a 2004 Ford F-150 driven by Douglas Jay Pearson, 56, of Canby, was going west on Highway 212 when it lost control and rolled.
Pearson, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was taken to Johnson Memorial Hospital in Dawson with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the State Patrol.
The Dawson Fire Department, Lac qui Parle County Sheriff’s Office, Dawson Police Department and Dawson Ambulance assisted at the scene.
