Three people were hospitalized after a two-car crash April 15 on U.S. Highway 61 in Forest Lake.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the crash occurred around 5:45 p.m. when a southbound Saturn SL-1 driven by Diane Wilson, 77, of Hugo, rear ended a Ford Escape driven by Michelle Neinstadt, 35, of Forest Lake, pushing the Escape into the northbound lanes of 61. Both vehicles came to a stop in the middle of the Highway 61/202nd Street intersection.
Wilson, who was seriously hurt, was transported to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, while Neinstadt and her two-year-old son, Tyler, received non-life threatening injuries and were taken to Fairview Lakes Medical Center in Wyoming. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Both vehicles were moderately damaged.