Ottertail man, two Fargo passengers injured in I-94 rollover crash
An Ottertail driver and two Fargo passengers were hurt when their SUV left westbound I-94 near Garfield and rolled on dry pavement.
An Ottertail man and two Fargo passengers were injured Tuesday evening when a 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan went into the median and rolled on westbound Interstate 94 near Garfield in Douglas County.
The crash happened at 7:31 p.m. May 26 in Moe Township, near mile marker 93, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. The vehicle was driven by Nathaniel James Littrell, 28, of Ottertail. Passengers Rashawnda Nicole Rice, 28, and Janina Jo Hanson, 5, both of Fargo, were also in the vehicle when it rolled on dry pavement.
All three occupants suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to Alomere Hospital in Alexandria. Airbags deployed in the crash. Seat restraint use was listed as unknown for each occupant, and alcohol is not suspected to have been a factor.
The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating the rollover. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Garfield Fire Department and North Ambulance assisted at the scene.
The wreck happened on a busy stretch of I-94 that serves drivers moving across west-central Minnesota, where responders have recently been called to a series of serious highway incidents. On this portion of the interstate near Garfield, the combination of high-speed traffic, lane changes and long rural runs can turn a loss of control into a rollover in seconds.
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