Head-on crash in N. Minnesota leaves Bemidji woman dead, Twin Cities man severely injured The collision occurred on Hwy. 371 just east of Steamboat Lake, the State Patrol said. May 5, 2021 7:24am Text size Copy shortlink:
A head-on crash on a northern Minnesota highway early Wednesday left one driver dead and the other critically injured, authorities said.
The collision involving a car and a pickup truck occurred about 12:40 a.m. on Hwy. 371 roughly 20 miles southeast of Bemidji, the State Patrol said.
Darlene M. Johnson, 23, of Bemidji, did not survive her injuries, the patrol said. The other driver, Steven J. Lasser, 24, of Roseville, was taken to a Fargo area hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to the patrol.
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Paul G. Johnson, 60, died unexpectedly on Feb. 8, 2021 at his home in Waldoboro. He was born Sept. 8, 1960 in Rockland to Jesse Johnson and Winona Miller Johnson. Paul grew up in Waldoboro and graduated from Medomak Valley High School in the class of 1978.
After high school he worked for the Poiriers of Massachusetts in the salt factory at Upton Fuel Company for a short time. Soon after, Paul returned to work on the water as a fisherman back home. He dug clams, built traps and lobstered with his father and brothers, even hauled his own gear by hand out of a wooden flat bottom skiff built by his father Jesse and Fernald Carter. Paul was an elver fisherman, went pogie seining, was an urchin tender for many cold winters, and had his own lobster boat for awhile …