Car, motorcycle collide on Highway 71, one injured

By Linda Vanderwerf

May 03, 2015 at 4:58 PM

NEW LONDON - One person was injured in a two-vehicle crash Saturday evening west of New London when a motorcycle and passenger car collided as the car was making a left turn into a driveway.

Charles P. Abel, 46, of Maynard, the driver of the motorcycle, was transported to Rice Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to a report from the Minnesota State Patrol.

The driver of the car, Vincent C. Mische, 24, of New London, was not injured. According to the State Patrol report, Abel was not wearing a helmet; Mische was wearing a seat belt.

The State Patrol said the cause of the crash is pending further investigation.

The Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.

By Linda Vanderwerf

In 42 years in the newspaper industry, Linda Vanderwerf has worked at several daily newspapers in Minnesota, including the Mesabi Daily News, now called the Mesabi Tribune in Virginia. Previously, she worked for the Las Cruces Sun-News in New Mexico and the Rapid City Journal in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She has been a reporter at the West Central Tribune for nearly 27 years.

Vanderwerf can be reached at email: lvanderwerf@wctrib.com or phone 320-214-4340

Car, motorcycle collide on Highway 71, one injured

NEW LONDON -- One person was injured in a two-vehicle crash Saturday evening west of New London when a motorcycle and passenger car collided as the car was making a left turn into a driveway. Charles P. Abel, 46, of Maynard, the driver of the mot...