A young woman from Montrose was seriously injured in an early evening crash Monday in Franklin Township.
The State Patrol reports that just after 5 PM Monday, a Lexus passenger car was eastbound on Highway 12 when it collided with a GMC pickup that was stopped to turn north onto Aetna Avenue. The impact of the crash resulted in the GMC pickup also colliding with a Ford F150 pickup that was westbound on Highway 12.
The driver of the GMC pickup, 35-year-old Laura Hoiland of Montrose, sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. The State Patrol reported that Hoiland was not using a seat belt.
The driver of the Lexus sedan, 43-year-old Nathan Smith of Overland Park, Kansas, and the driver of the Ford pickup, 48-year-old Tait Zimba of Waverly, both had non-life threatening injuries that did not require hospital treatment.
The Wright County Sheriff’s Office, and the Montrose Fire and Rescue and Ambulance assisted the State Patrol.
