Maple Lake Crash Sends Driver to Hospital

MAPLE LAKE (WJON News) - A two-vehicle crash snarled a major intersection in Maple Lake Monday afternoon.

The Minnesota State Patrol says they were alerted to a crash at the intersection of Minnesota Highway 55 and Wright County Road 8 just before 3:00 pm Monday.

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A pickup driven by 80-year-old James Peterson of Maple Lake was southbound on County Road 8 when it crashed with another pickup and trailer, driven by 23-year-old Ihor Korchynskyi of Aurora, Illinois, while it was eastbound on Minnesota Highway 55.

Peterson was taken to Buffalo Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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