Woman injured in collision with two other vehicles near Litchfield, Minnesota
May 1---- One driver was injured in a three-car collision south of Litchfield on Wednesday evening.
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Nancy Putzier, 73, of Litchfield, was transported to Meeker Memorial Hospital in Litchfield with non-life-threatening injuries.
Putzier was traveling southbound on Minnesota Highway 22 in a 2004 Toyota Camry. Also southbound was a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado pickup, driven by 19-year-old Ethan Lee.
A Chrysler Town and Country van was traveling the opposite direction, northbound on Highway 22, when all three vehicles collided at the intersection with 230th Street, according to the report.
Putzier was not wearing a seat belt. Lee, also of Litchfield, was wearing a seat belt and was uninjured, according to the State Patrol. The airbags in his vehicle deployed.
The driver of the northbound van is identified as Dennis Lee Ernest Kuhnau, 47, of Litchfield.
Kuhnau had three juvenile passengers — a 10-year-old female and two males, ages 7 and 9, none of whom were named in the report. All four were uninjured in the collision. The 7-year-old was the only occupant in Kuhnau's vehicle not wearing a seat belt, according to the crash report.
The crash was reported around 4:55 p.m. Wednesday. Road conditions were reported as dry, and alcohol was not involved in the crash.
The Minnesota State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Litchfield Fire Department, Mayo Ambulance and the
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