SW MN residents of three towns injured in collision straddling two counties

Three southwestern Minnesota residents from different towns were injured when their cars collided on the border of two counties Wednesday morning.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, on July 20, Tabitha Lopez Trevino, age 50, of Kandiyohi was driving a Chevrolet Tahoe southbound along Kandi-Chippewa Line Road. At about 6:50 a.m., Trevino collided in the intersection with Highway 40 with a westbound Jeep Grand Cherokee being driven by Jesus Carlos Gonzalez, age 27, of Willmar.

Trevino and Gonzalez were both transported to CentraCare Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar with non-life threatening injuries, as was Trevino’s passenger, Charles Edward Melton, age 31, of New Ulm.

The Kerkhoven ambulance and fire department, and Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.