Staff photo by Fritz Busch A semi-tractor trailer crashed into a ditch on Nicollet County Highway 16 Friday morning, about a mile north of St. George. Responding agencies included Gibbon Fire & Rescue, Lafayette Fire & Ambulance, the Nicollet County Sheriff’s Office, and the Minnesota State Patrol. County Highway 16 was closed for a time while equipment was brought in to get the semi out of the ditch.

ST. GEORGE — A farmer and a trucker who live nearby quickly responded to a one-vehicle semi tractor-trailer crash in a steep ditch on CR 16, a mile north of St. George Friday morning.

David Wendinger was outside when the crash happened.

“I saw the truck go in the ditch. I ran for my pickup right away and ran to the truck to check on the driver,” Wendinger said.

Mark Forst happened to be driving his semi tractor-trailer on CR 16 not long after the crash. He saw the truck in the ditch, stopped next to the road, and called 911 at 10:33 a.m.

The driver was injured in the accident.

Responding agencies included Gibbon and Lafayette Fire & Rescue, the Nicollet County Sheriff’s Office, Allina Ambulance, Mayo Clinic Air Ambulance Service.

More information about the crash is forthcoming from the Nicollet County Sheriff’s Office.