New Ulm Police

Two vehicles collided at 12:17 p.m. Wednesday at the Highway 14 and Washington Street intersection. A 2014 Peterbilt semi, driven by Todd Richard Flesner, 59, from Zimmerman, was traveling west on Highway 14 and began making a U-turn at the inersection. A 2004 Chevy Silverado was also heading in a west direction on Highway 14 and collided with the semi while it was attempting to make a U-turn.

The Chevy sustained moderate damage, the semi received no damage. No injuries were reported.

Renville County

Sheriff

The Renville County Sheriff’s Office received a call at 11:57 a.m. Tuesday that a semi-tractor trailer had been struck by a train on an at-grade rail crossing at 260th Street, 1/2 mile north of US Highway 212. This location is two miles east of Renville, in Emmet Township.

Deputies and first responders located the semi-tractor trailer on the railroad tracks, approximately 75 yards east of the railroad crossing at 260th Street. The driver of the semi, who was identified as Daniel Albers, 65, of Puposky, was treated for minor injuries at the scene and released. None of the train crew members were injured.

Investigation revealed that the semi-tractor trailer, which was carrying mud from the sugar beet refining process, was traveling south on 260th Street when it was struck by an eastbound Twin Cities & Western locomotive pulling 114 rail cars. Following the collision at the intersection, the train pushed the semi-tractor trailer down the tracks. No derailment occurred and both the locomotive and the semi-tractor trailer received moderate damage.

The crash remains under investigation by the sheriff’s office.

Assisting at the scene were the Renville Police Department, Renville Ambulance, Renville Fire Department and the Minnesota State Patrol.