2 with life-threatening injuries after Saturday night crashes in Morrison, Otter Tail counties
Two people sustained life-threatening injuries in two separate single-vehicle crashes Saturday night, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.
The first crash occurred when a car left the roadway while traveling on Highway 10 in Morrison County sometime before 6 p.m.
The report says the driver went into the ditch, hit the west shoulder, turned sharply and drove across both lanes, then entered the median a second time.
The car then rolled multiple times before finally coming to rest upside down in the middle of the highway.
The driver, a 52-year-old man from Royalton, was taken to Regions Hospital for life-threatening injuries.
The second crash occurred around 8 p.m. when an ATV rolled while traveling in a ditch along Highway 210 in Otter Tail County.
The ATV driver, a 23-year-old woman from Clitherall, was taken to Fargo Sanford for life-threatening injuries.
The ATV passenger, a 22-year-old man from Little Falls, sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Alcohol was involved in the second crash, according to the report.
Several agencies responded in both incidents.