Highway 218 N. collision sends two to hospital
Published 2:12 pm Saturday, March 16, 2013
Austin firefighters and a Gold Cross paramedic carry the driver of a car involved in a two-vehicle accident north of Austin on Highway 218 North Saturday afternoon. The car collided head on with another vehicle and both the driver and a passenger of this vehicle were taken to the hospital by ambulance. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
A head-on collision on Highway 218 North sent two people to the hospital Saturday afternoon.
Emergency officials responded to the crash, which happened around 1:30 p.m. near Carney Auto. The crash blocked a portion of the road for about 45 minutes.
28-year-old Daniel Stewart, 28, of Austin and his passenger Richard Loomis, 85, of Austin were transported by Gold Cross Ambulance after the car they were in collided with another car driven by Amy Snyder, 23, of Faribault according to Minnesota State Patrol reports
All three people in the second car that included Fernando Marin, 25, and an unidentified juvenile female sustained no apparent injuries.
Injuries to Stewart and Loomis were listed as minor.
