Wreck Sends Crookston Man to Hospital

By Eba Hamid, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.

Jun. 19–A Crookston man was hospitalized today after a grain truck slammed into his 1997 GMC Suburban, totaling it.

The accident happened at a rural intersection about a half mile south of Walle Church in Grand Forks County.

Altru Ambulance picked up Brian Halos, who was traveling south toward Crookston when Paul Miller’s westbound grain truck crashed into his car’s left side.

According to Highway Patrol Trooper Randy Mittleider, Halos was coherent and did not suffer any major cuts.

Miller, who was transporting garbage from a work site in eastern Grand Forks County, was traveling to Thompson, N.D., when a piece of trash fell off his truck.

Miller said he looked both ways at the intersection as he approached the yield sign and did not see Halos’ truck, but he then looked behind him to see if the piece of dropped trash was picked up by the driver in the car trailing him.

Miller suffered no injuries and was not hospitalized.

Reach Hamid at (701) 780-1110, (800) 477-6572, ext. 110; or ehamid@gfherald.com.

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