Two Weekend Traffic Crashes in Our Region

Two people were injured in separate traffic crashes in our area over the weekend.

The State Patrol reports that early Saturday afternoon, a single-vehicle traffic crash in Otsego left the driver injured.

Officials say that just before 1 PM, an SUV was northbound on Highway 101 at 90^th Street Northeast when the driver veered off the road and the vehicle rolled over.

Injured in the crash was the driver, 27-year-old Alysha Peterson-Sharrat of Ogilvie sustained non-life threatening injuries and was transported to the Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids. Two passengers in the vehicle, 34-year-old Richard Thompson of Ogilvie, and a 7-year-old girl, also from Ogilvie, escaped injury.

Friday morning, an Elk River woman was injured when her car ran off eastbound Highway 10 at 166^th Street in Big Lake after apparently falling asleep at the wheel.

Authorities say the driver, 20-year-old Ashley Peterson of Elk River sustained non-life threatening injuries and was transported to the Mercy Hospital of Coon Rapids.

The Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office assisted the State Patrol at the scene.