This is the records summary for June 18.
Name released of man injured in ATV crash
ATWATER - The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office identified a rural Atwater man who was injured Saturday in an ATV accident as Tanner Krueger.
Krueger, 35, was injured when the all-terrain vehicle he was driving overturned. Friends found the man unconscious and lying on the shoulder of the road.
The incident was reported at 5:26 p.m. Saturday when the Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office received a report of an ATV rollover on 15th Avenue Southeast, about one mile east of County Road 4.
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According to a news release from the Sheriff's Office, Krueger was going west on 15th Avenue Southeast on a 2013 Polaris four-wheeler when he lost control of the ATV, which overturned.
Krueger was taken by Atwater Ambulance to Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar and then flown to St. Cloud Hospital by Life Link air ambulance. His condition is unknown.
The Sheriff's Office was assisted by the Atwater Fire Department, Atwater Ambulance Service, Willmar Ambulance Service and the Minnesota State Patrol.
The Sheriff's Office is investigating the crash, according to the news release.
Four injured in crash when vehicle runs stop sign
PADUA - Four people were injured in a two-vehicle Friday west of Padua.
The incident was reported at 10:15 a.m. Friday at the intersection of Stearns County Roads 26 and 192, about 2½ miles west of Padua.
According to the Stearns County Sheriff's Office, Morgan Oehrlein, 33, of Sauk Centre, was driving a 2008 Buick Enclave south on County Road 26 when she failed to stop for a posted stop sign and struck a 2016 Dodge Ram pickup driven by James Barchenger, 68 of Glenwood, that was going east on County Road 192.
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Oehrlein and Barchenger, as well as two passengers in the backseat of the Dodge Ram, Karen Barchenger, 65, of Glenwood and Camden Rowe, 4, of Glenwood, were injured and taken to an undisclosed hospital.
The Brooten Fire Department, Brooten Rescue Squad, Sauk Centre Police Department, Minnesota State Patrol, Sauk Centre Ambulance and Life Link assisted at the scene.
