2 Died, 2 Seriously Hurt in Crash Involving Ambulance in NE MN
The Minnesota State Patrol says the crash happened just before 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Itasca County.
A Meds-1 Ambulance was going south while the dump truck was heading east when they collided in a T-bone style crash at an intersection.
Troopers say two people inside the ambulance died, a 51-year-old man from Warba and a 17-year-old boy from Grand Rapids. Their names have not been released yet.
The paramedic who was driving the ambulance, 28-year-old
Kimberly Hake of Cohasset, was taken to the hospital in Grand Rapids with life-threatening injuries.
Deadly Wreck At Same Site Where Minnesota DNR Officer Was Killed
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Grand Rapids, MN (KROC AM News) - There has been another deadly traffic wreck at the same intersection where a Minnesota DNR officer was recently killed and this one involved an ambulance.
It happened just after 10:00 am Tuesday in rural Itasca County and killed at least one person and seriously injured both drivers.
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The Minnesota State Patrol report on the accident indicates a dump truck struck the passenger side of the ambulance
“in a T-bone style crash.”
The truck was driven by 67-year-old Jeffery Ekholm of Nashwauk. The ambulance driver was identified as 28-year-old Kimberly Hake of Cohasset. Their injuries were described as life-threatening.
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UPDATE: According to a crash report from the Minnesota State Patrol two people have now been pronounced dead after the dump truck-ambulance crash.
Troy Edward Boettcher, 51, of Warba, and Joseph Michael Latimer, 17, of Grand Rapids, were killed in the crash. They were in the ambulance at the time of the crash.
At least one person is dead and at least two others are facing life-threatening injuries after an ambulance was t-boned by a dump truck in Itasca County around 10:20 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
The latest incident report Tuesday night said the MEDS-1 ambulance was southbound on County Road 336 when the truck struck the passenger side of the ambulance while going eastbound on County Road 57, which is the same location a Minnesota conservation officer was killed in a crash in May.