Crime & Safety
Three Vehicles Collide on Highway 35; One Driver Airlifted
Rescue workers extricated one driver who was airlifted to Regions Hospital. His two passengers were taken to Hudson Hospital. Three other people walked away from the scene uninjured.
Three people were injured, one seriously, in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 35 at Old Highway 35 in the at 3:10 p.m. on Saturday, May 19. One driver had to be extricated and airlifted to Regions Hospital while two others were treated by brought to .
According to Chief Deputy Scott Knudson, Joshua Marcello of New Richmond was driving north in a 1991 Chevy pickup on Highway 35 when he struck from behind a 2006 Jeep Commander driven by Benjamin Hoffman of Hudson. Hoffman was stopped waiting to turn left on Old Highway 35. Hoffman's vehicle was pushed into the southbound land where it was struck again by a 2006 Dodge sedan driven by Timothy Joseph Anderson of Lake City, MN.
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Rescue workers extricated Marcello from the wreck and he was airlifted via LifeLink helicopter. As of Monday morning, Knudson said Marcello was in stable condition at Regions.
Two passengers in Marcello's vehicle, Robert Raley of Hudson and a Hudson juvenile, were both brought to Hudson Hospital and treated for non-incapcitating injuries, according to Knudson.
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The other two drivers and passenger Loriann Anderson were not injured. All drivers and passengers were wearing safety belts.
Knudson said that inattentive driving was a contributing factor to the crash, and that the incident remains under investigation.
