The snowy conditions that were preceded by freezing precipitation led to two noted crashes in the Wright County area on Sunday.
The State Patrol reports around 6:30 AM, an SUV collided with a pickup truck in Big Lake resulting in one of the drivers being injured. Authorities say a Nissan SUV was westbound on Highway 10 while a Ford pickup was eastbound. The vehicles collided at Eagle Lake Road.
The driver of the SUV, 22-year-old Brooke Marks of Ramsey sustained non-life threatening injuries. She was taken to Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids for treatment. The driver of the pickup, 59-year-old Scott Meyer of Champlin, was not injured. The Big Lake Police and Allina Ambulance assisted at the scene.
Later in the morning, snowy, icy roads contributed to a single-vehicle crash on westbound I-94 in Monticello Township that left a Twin Cities man injured. The State Patrol reports that just before 11 AM, a Toyota passenger car was westbound on the freeway when it lost control at Milepost 192 and crashed into the median.
The driver of the car, 52-year-old Issa Hussein of Faribault was not injured. A passenger in the vehicle, 42-year-old Hawo Adow of Minneapolis, was treated at the Monticello Hospital for non-life threatening injuries. CentraCare Ambulance assisted State Troopers at the scene.
