WILLMAR - A Spicer woman suffered unknown injuries Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash in Willmar.
According to the Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office, Mary Mitchelle-Nestande, 57, of Spicer, was airlifted from the scene by Life Link to St. Cloud Hospital. Timothy Bailey, 57, of Willmar, was not injured.
Authorities were called at 4:07 p.m. Wednesday to a crash at the intersection of Kandiyohi County Road 5 and County Road 27 in Dovre Township. The incident involved a 2008 Ford Escape driven by Mitchelle-Nestande and a 2014 Dodge pickup driven by Bailey.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation by the Sheriff's Office, and no further description of the crash was immediately available.
Assisting the Sheriff's Office and Life Link at the scene were the Minnesota State Patrol, Willmar Ambulance, Pennock Fire and First Responders and the Kandiyohi County Rescue Squad.
1/7: Erica Dischino / Tribune Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Deputy Shawn Swanson checks one of the vehicles involved in an accident Wednesday at the intersection of County Road 5 and County Road 27. The driver was flown in a helicopter to the St. Cloud Hospital.
2/7: Erica Dischino / Tribune The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office investigates the scene of an accident Wednesday at the intersection of County Road 5 and County Road 27.
3/7: Erica Dischino / Tribune Two vehicles were involved in an accident Wednesday at the intersection of Kandiyohi County Road 5 and County Road 27.
4/7: Erica Dischino / Tribune First responders wait outside of a Willmar Ambulance to transport a driver involved in an accident Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of County Road 5 and County Road 27.
5/7: Erica Dischino / Tribune First responders lift one of the drivers involved in an accident Wednesday afternoon north of Willmar into a Life Link helicopter. The driver was taken to St. Cloud Hospital.
6/7: Erica Dischino / Tribune First responders leave the landing zone Wednesday after lifting one of the drivers involved in an accident into a Life Link helicopter. The driver was taken to St. Cloud Hospital.
7/7: Erica Dischino / Tribune A Life Link helicopter lands Wednesday on Kandiyohi County Road 5 to transport a driver involved in an accident at the intersection of County Road 5 and County Road 27 north of Willmar.
Shelby Lindrud is a reporter with the West Central Tribune of Willmar. Her focus areas are arts and entertainment, agriculture, features writing and the Kandiyohi County Board.
She can be reached via email
slindrud@wctrib.com or direct
320-214-4373.
