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Fatal Car/Motorcycle Crash
A motorcyclist is dead after a two-vehicle crash in Benton County on Monday afternoon. The crash happened at around 4:15 p.m. at the intersection of 5th Avenue NW and 160th Street Northwest in Langola Township. The sheriff's office says Corey Popp of Rice was southbound on 5th Avenue in a pickup and was looking to turn left onto 160th Street NW. At the same time, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle ridden by Russell Hohmann was northbound on 5th Avenue, and the two collided in the intersection. Life-saving efforts were performed on Hohmann, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Popp was not injured. The sheriff's office says Popp did not see Hohmann coming due to an upward slope of the roadway. The crash remains under investigation with the help of the Minnesota State Patrol, but alcohol is not a factor in the crash.
Fatal Motorcycle Crash
An Avon woman is dead after a motorcycle crash last Sunday evening. The Stearn County Sheriff's Office says that the Cold Spring-Richmond Police Department received a call at about 5:20 p.m. about a motorcycle rider who was overdue. A family member told police that 52-year-old Kelli Jo Gauthier had been riding her motorcycle with friends but left the group to go home. The caller told police the group searched for Gauthier for about two hours before calling authorities. The Sheriff's Office says around 6:00 p.m., a Cold Spring officer found Gauthier and her bike crashed in the ditch near the 25500 block of County Road 9 in Munson Township, about 1 to 2 miles north of Richmond. Paramedics attempted life-saving measures, but Gauthier was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene. The crash remains under investigation.
Fake Kidnapping
A Canadian man is in jail after police say he falsely reported a kidnapping. Alexandria police say the incident happened on Saturday when they received a report of an abduction that originated in Winnipeg. The reported suspect vehicle was described as a white car with a black bumper and was in the Alexandria area. A short time later, officers found a vehicle matching that description. They made contact with two men and an investigation followed. A man identified as 37-year-old Roderick Garson of Winnipeg admitted to falsely reporting the kidnapping and eventually conceded his claims were not true. Garson and the other man knew one another before his initial report of being kidnapped. Garson was arrested for Falsely Reporting a Crime. He's being held in the Douglas County Jail. Assisting the Alexandria Police Department were the Sheriff's Office, the Minnesota State Patrol, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
One Vehicle Rollover
A Sartell woman was seriously hurt after crashing her vehicle on Saturday afternoon. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office and Sartell Police were dispatched to a one-vehicle rollover just before 2:00 p.m. in the 33000 block of County Road 133 in St. Wendel Township. Through their investigation and witness reports, the vehicle was heading north on County Road 133 when the driver took a curve too wide, overcorrected, and entered the east ditch. The vehicle then hit a road approach and rolled. Authorities believe the driver, 33-year-old Emily Bushman, was ejected from the vehicle. She was taken by ambulance to St. Cloud Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The sheriff's office believes speed and alcohol were factors in the crash.
Semi/Car Crash
A two-vehicle crash in Nisswa left two people injured just after 5 a.m. Monday morning. The Minnesota State Patrol reports that a tractor trailer was traveling southbound on Highway 371 at County Road 77 when it was rear-ended by a car that was also traveling south. The driver of the car, 53-year-old Earl Simmons of Little Falls, was transported to Essential Health in Brainerd with non-life-threatening injuries following the incident, and a passenger, 59-year-old Dean Gangl of Motley, was taken to CentraCare St. Cloud Hospital with life-threatening injuries. The driver of the tractor trailer, 51-year-old Aaron Fenstermaker of Pequot Lakes, was not injured. The State Patrol says neither of the men in the car were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash.
Semi/Pickup Accident
One person was hurt when a semi-truck and a pickup collided near Long Prairie on Monday morning. The crash occurred around 11:00 a.m. on Highway 27. The Minnesota State Patrol says a semi being driven by 59-year-old Brian Legois of Green Bay, WI, and a pickup being driven by 62-year-old Anatasia Kotsakis of Browerville were both going east on the highway when they collided. Kotsakis was taken to Centra Care - Long Prairie Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Legois was not hurt in the crash.
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