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Driver, 86, killed in head-on crash near Becker
Police say he lost control of his vehicle.
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An elderly man has died from injuries he sustained in a crash near Becker on Thursday.
According to the Sherburne County Sheriff s Office, Ronald Olson, 86, of Monticello lost control of the car he was driving, crossing the centerline of County Road 14 Thursday morning.
This happened on a curve, with his vehicle sliding into the path of an oncoming pickup truck.
Olson died at a hospital early Friday, police say.
The driver of the pickup, a 36-year-old man from Big Lake, suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Investigators believe that slippery road conditions likely were a contributing factor in the collision, the sheriff s office said.
Driver dies after head-on crash near Big Lake, Minnesota
By FOX 9 Staff
BIG LAKE TOWNSHIP, Minn. (FOX 9) - A driver died after a head-on crash near Big Lake, Minnesota Thursday morning.
According to the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office, an 86-year-old Monticello man was traveling east on County Road 14 just south of U.S. Highway 10 in Big Lake Township when he lost control of his car in a curve and slid into the path of an oncoming pickup truck.
The driver of the car, identified as Ronald Olson, died early Friday at the hospital.
The driver of the pickup truck, a 36-year-old Big Lake man, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Woodbury to join cities flying drones The eyes-in-the-sky are increasingly popular among law enforcement. December 31, 2020 7:47pm Text size Copy shortlink:
In a few weeks, the city of Woodbury will lay out its plans at a City Council meeting to buy and fly a drone for police and other purposes, hoping to join a growing number of municipalities that rely on drones.
If it once seemed excessive or futuristic for a suburb to fly its own unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), that notion is quickly fading.
A number of Minnesota cities and counties now have drones that not only feed live video back to their controllers, but also use heat-seeking cameras, bright spotlights and speakers to search for people or carry out other missions. Some carry payloads, from handwritten messages to life jackets.
An Isanti woman was injured Saturday, Dec. 26 in a two-vehicle crash at Highway 10 and Eagle Lake Road in Big Lake.
The Minnesota State Patrol was called to the scene of the crash shortly before 11 a.m. on Dec. 26.
Callie Olson, 35 of Big Lake, was heading south on Eagle Lake Road in a 2015 Chevrolet Traverse when she proceeded south on Eagle Lake Road on a green light, according to the State Patrol. Tracy Lynn Olson, 53 of Isanti, was driving east on Highway 10 in a 2017 Subaru Forester and ran a red light. Tracy Olson struck Callie Olsonâs vehicle in the intersection, according to the State Patrol.