One injured in one-vehicle crash near Clontarf

By Linda Vanderwerf

September 16, 2015 at 10:53 AM

CLONTARF - A 25-year-old man from Clontarf was injured in a one-vehicle crash early Wednesday.

A 2002 Oldsmobile Alero driven by Sasha N. Delagarza of Benson went off the road at about 2:50 a.m. Wednesday on Minnesota Highway 9 at County Road 22.

According to a report from the Minnesota State Patrol, Delagarza's vehicle ran off the road on the left side and struck a power pole. He was taken to Swift County Benson Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

According to the report, he was wearing a seatbelt, and his airbag deployed. The road is described at wet at the time of the crash.

The Swift County Sheriff's Office assisted.

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

One injured in one-vehicle crash near Clontarf

CLONTARF - A 25-year-old man from Clontarf was injured in a one-vehicle crash early Wednesday. A 2002 Oldsmobile Alero driven by Sasha N. Delagarza of Benson went off the road at about 2:50 a.m. Wednesday on Minnesota Highway 9 at County Road 22....