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Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Automotive
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Sauk Centre, Minnesota, teen with 'significant injuries' airlifted from crash
Mar. 11—MEIRE GROVE — A teenage driver suffered significant injuries after his vehicle went off road Sunday in Getty Township. According to a news release from the Isaac Hokanson, 16, of was identified as the only occupant and driver of a 2005 Buick LeSabre that struck a field approach and vaulted 350 feet before coming to a rest in plowed field. The Sheriff's Office said Hokanson was treated at the scene, then airlifted to a hospital in the Twin Cities for further treatment. The crash was initially reported around 12:50 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Stearns County Road 29 and 375th Avenue in Getty Township. According to the news release, Hokanson was driving southbound on County Road 29 before the vehicle left the roadway. The crash remains under investigation. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office was assisted by the Sauk Centre Police Department, Sauk Centre Ambulance, Fire Department, the and LifeLink Air Ambulance.
Yahoo
01-03-2025
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Grand Forks man charged after damaging gravestones in Sauk Centre cemetery
Feb. 28—SAUK CENTRE, Minn. — Several grave markers were knocked down after a man drove his car through a Sauk Centre cemetery, according to the Stearns County Sheriff's Office. Steven Sawatzky, 52, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, is facing a charge of fourth-degree driving while intoxicated, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. The DWI charge is a misdemeanor. The crash occurred at about 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, near the intersection of County Road 17 and County Road 185 in Sauk Centre Township, according to the release. That is the location of Greenwood Cemetery. According to the news release, Sawatzky was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado when he failed to stop at a stop sign at County Road 185. The sheriff's office says he drove into the cemetery, striking a chain-link fence and hitting several gravestone markers. Sawatzky was taken by ambulance to a hospital for injuries, according to the news release. The Minnesota State Patrol and Sauk Centre Police Department also responded to the scene. Court records indicate that Sawatzky is facing two additional driving-while-intoxicated charges.
