Willmar man injured in three-vehicle crash, other drivers unharmed
Aug. 22—LAKE LILLIAN
— A 24-year-old
Willmar
man was transported to CentraCare — Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar after suffering non-life-threatening injuries in a three-vehicle crash Monday near Lake Lillian.
Matthew John Stegeman was the only driver injured in the accident, despite a tire coming off a semi and striking a third vehicle, according to the
Minnesota State Patrol's
accident report.
Stegeman was driving a Freightliner box truck westbound on Minnesota Highway 7 as a Peterbilt semitractor, driven by Jerry Martin Costello, 48, of
Grove City
, was going eastbound. The two trucks collided east of the intersection with 60th Street Southeast, according to the accident report.
A wheel came off the semitractor and struck a passenger vehicle, driven by Judith Helene Jarnot, 54, of Columbia Heights. Jarnot was behind the semitractor when the crash occurred.
The crash was reported around 4:28 p.m. Monday near the intersection west of Lake Lillian.
All drivers were wearing their seat belts and alcohol was not a factor in the crash. Road conditions were dry.
The
Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office
, Kandiyohi County Rescue Squad, Lake Lillian and CentraCare Ambulance and the
Blomkest
Fire Department assisted the Minnesota State Patrol at the scene.