Detroit Lakes police and firefighters, Becker County deputies, state troopers and medical personnel from Essentia St. Mary’s EMS all worked together to safely remove the two from the debris.
A crash Friday evening involving a motorcycle and truck pulling a trailer loaded with a skid steer near St. Stephen, Minnesota, killed the driver of the motorcycle.
Joan and Patrick Blake, of Arcadia, Oklahoma, were swept away in their truck after attempting drive across a low point in the Cannonball River in rural Hettinger County.
The Minnesota State Patrol reported that alcohol is believed to be a factor in a two-vehicle crash Friday night on state Highway 23 that killed one driver and seriously injured two passengers. The other driver is in jail.
“We were just doing the right thing,” one rescuer said. “Adrenaline kicked in. I didn’t even notice the water temperature. My heart rate didn’t come down for about three hours.”
