Three injured in head-on collision in Bena

BEMIDJI -- Two people were taken to a Fargo hospital after a head-on collision Friday afternoon in Bena.

According to a Minnesota State Patrol report, the accident was reported at 12:45 p.m. Friday on U.S. Highway 2 in Bena. The patrol said a 2001 Dodge Pickup was westbound on Highway 2 when the vehicle lost control on black ice and slid into the path of a 2014 Volvo Semi-trailer. Both vehicles ended up in the westbound ditch, the report said.

The driver of the pickup, Mark Blackwell, 66, of Shevlin, suffered non-life-threatening injuries but was taken to Sanford in Fargo, as was a 9-year-old passenger in the vehicle, who also suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the report said. Another passenger, a 5-year-old, also suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Essentia Health in Deer River.

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