Sheriff's Office: Woman Hospitalized After Crash In Stearns County
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A driver was hospitalized Friday afternoon after she and her 1-year-old son crashed into oncoming traffic in central Minnesota.
According to the Stearns County Sheriff's Office, 29-year-old Samantha Laughery was driving her vehicle southbound on County Road 1 south of County Road 120 in Le Sauk Township just after noon.
Laughery lost control of the vehicle as she slowed down on a curve in the road. Her vehicle entered the oncoming lane and collided with another car driven by 19-year-old Megan VanHeel.
State Patrol said Laughery was transported to the St. Cloud Hospital. Her son Michael was not injured. VanHeel was treated at the scene.