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Update on crash in Hollywood twp. where 6 were injured

Posted on August 19, 2022 by

Update from the Carver County Sheriff’s Office:

The driver of the southbound vehicle has been identified as Chad Zellmann, 23, from Norwood
Young America. The passenger was Carmen Grangroth, 20, from Waverly, MN.

The driver of the eastbound vehicle has been identified as Annie Hendrickson, 16, from Kimball,
MN. The passengers were Selina Siltala, 15, Vanessa Homola, 15, and Kindra Foley, 17, from
Cokato, Watertown Township, and Dassel, respectively.

Hendrickson and Siltala remain hospitalized at this time, all others have been treated and
released.

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The Carver County Sheriff’s Office reported that at approximately 1:47 p.m.  Aug.  14, it received a 9-1-1 call of a personal injury crash involving two vehicles at the intersection of Country Road 21 and County Road 20 in Hollywood Township.

Deputies arrived on the scene and learned that a 23-year-old male from Norwood Young America, was driving a motor vehicle southbound on County Road 21 and ran through a stop sign at County Road 20 hitting an eastbound vehicle occupied by four juvenile females.

The eastbound vehicle did not have a stop sign.
The 23-year-old male driver and his 20-year-old female passenger from Waverly, were transported to Hennepin County Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

Two juvenile female occupants of the eastbound vehicle, the 16-year-old driver from Kimball, and a 15- year-old from Cokato, were transported by air to Hennepin County Medical Center with critical injuries. The other two juvenile female occupants, a 15-year-old from Watertown Township, and a 17-year-old from Dassel, were transported to Ridgeview Medical Center via ambulance with non-life-threatening injuries.

The Watertown Fire Department, Mayer Fire Department, Ridgeview Ambulance, North Air Care, Minnesota State Patrol (MSP) ,and the Carver County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The crash remains under investigation by the Carver County Sheriff’s Office and the MSP.

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St. Michael structure fire

Posted on August 17, 2022 by

According to the Wright County Sheriff’s Office at 9:37 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, deputies were dispatched to 599 Central Ave. W. in the City of St. Michael for a structure fire.

Upon arrival deputies found the residence fully engulfed in flames.

Fire departments from Albertville Fire, Hanover Fire, and St. Michael Fire were dispatched to the scene to fight the fire.

At this time there are no reported injuries from the fire. The fire is under investigation by the Sheriff’s Office as well as the Minnesota State Fire Marshall.

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One Seriously Injured in Wright County Crash

Posted on August 17, 2022 by

A Maple Lake man was seriously injured in a crash near Clearwater the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 16.

The Minnesota State Patrol (MSP) said 63-year-old Peter Miessen was taken to St. Cloud Hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries.

MSP said Miessen was driving his motorcycle south on Highway 24. A vehicle, driven by 67-year-old David Kunkel of Clearwater, was traveling west on 160th Street Northwest when the collision occurred in the intersection.

Kunkel was not injured.

The crash happened just before 5:30 p.m.

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Two die in head-on crash Friday in Wright County

Posted on August 17, 2022 by

Two people died in a head-on traffic crash that happened Friday, Aug. 12 evening in Wright County.

According to the Wright County Sheriff’s Department just before 10 p.m., two passenger cars collided on Wright County Road 3, near the intersection of County Road 30 in Stockholm Township, south of Cokato.

Officials say evidence deputies gathered at the scene, as well as witness statements suggest that a Mazda passenger car driven by 27-year-old Vincent Beaudet of Hutchinson was traveling north in the southbound lane when his vehicle collided head-on with a Hyundai passenger car driven by 39-year-old Michael Wolford of Litchfield, formerly of Winsted.

Authorities say both vehicles sustained heavy damage, and both drivers suffered severe injuries. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.

The Cokato Ambulance and Fire Department, Allina Ambulance, and personnel from Lifelink assisted Wright County Sheriff’s Deputies.

The circumstances surrounding the fatal crash are still under investigation by the Wright County Sheriff’s Office.

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Two teens critically injured in car accident in Hollywood Township

Posted on August 15, 2022 by

The Carver County Sheriff’s Office reports that at approximately 1:47 p.m.  Aug.  14, it received a 9-1-1 call of a personal injury crash involving two vehicles at the intersection of Country Road 21 and County Road 20 in Hollywood Township.
Deputies arrived on the scene and learned that a 23-year-old male from Norwood Young America, was driving a motor vehicle southbound on County Road 21 and ran through a stop sign at County Road 20 hitting an eastbound vehicle occupied by four juvenile females.

The eastbound vehicle did not have a stop sign.
The 23-year-old male driver and his 20-year-old female passenger from Waverly, were transported to Hennepin County Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

Two juvenile female occupants of the eastbound vehicle, the 16-year-old driver from Kimball, and a 15- year-old from Cokato, were transported by air to Hennepin County Medical Center with critical injuries. The other two juvenile female occupants, a 15-year-old from Watertown Township, and a 17-year-old from Dassel, were transported to Ridgeview Medical Center via ambulance with non-life-threatening injuries.

The Watertown Fire Department, Mayer Fire Department, Ridgeview Ambulance, North Air Care, Minnesota State Patrol (MSP) ,and the Carver County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

UPDATE:
The driver of the southbound vehicle has been identified as Chad Zellmann, 23, from Norwood
Young America. The passenger was Carmen Grangroth, 20, from Waverly, MN.

The driver of the eastbound vehicle has been identified as Annie Hendrickson, 16, from Kimball,
MN. The passengers were Selina Siltala, 15, Vanessa Homola, 15, and Kindra Foley, 17, from
Cokato, Watertown Township, and Dassel, respectively.

Hendrickson and Siltala remain hospitalized at this time, all others have been treated and
released.

The crash remains under investigation by the Carver County Sheriff’s Office and the MSP.

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Wright County Deputies fatally shoot man in Otsego

Posted on August 8, 2022 by

A man was shot dead by deputies in Otsego during an incident in the early hours of Sunday, Aug. 7.

The Wright County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a press release that a man had died after two of its deputies opened fire in the 12000 block of 72nd Court NE.

According to the sheriff’s office, police had been called at 12:52 a.m. to a report that the man “was having mental health challenges and had threatened physical harm to his family and himself.”

Police reportedly spoke with the man when they arrived, and he agreed to go to hospital for an evaluation.

But as they waited for the ambulance, police say “the man ran into the kitchen and grabbed a knife,” fleeing the home and “ran into the neighborhood,” prompting police to set up a perimeter.

Per the Wright County Sheriff’s Office:

“A short time later, the man confronted deputies in a neighboring backyard. Two deputies attempted to TASE the subject but it was not successful. While in close proximity to the deputies, he physically threatened them with the knife. Two deputies discharged their firearms, striking the subject.”

The man died at North Memorial Hospital a short time after arriving.

The deputies who shot him have been placed on administrative leave, with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension now investigating.

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