Cottonwood man injured in crash with Mankato man in Chippewa County Wednesday

A Cottonwood man was injured in a Chippewa County collision on icy roads Wednesday morning.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, on Jan. 11 Manuel Vielmas Cardiel, age 67, of Cottonwood, was driving his Saturn Vue northbound on Highway 23, At about 9:11 a.m., at the intersection with County Road 38, Cardiel’s vehicle collided with a northbound Ford F-350, driven by Adam Benjamin Christians, age 42, of Mankato, attempting to make a left turn.

Cardiel was transported to the hospital in Granite Falls with non-life threatening injuries. The Granite Falls ambulance assisted on the scene.