Logging truck versus SUV sends one to the hospital

By Staff – February 15, 2025

ORR, Minn.—Authorities in St. Louis County responded to a report of two-vehicle crash on Saturday afternoon (February 15), about 25 miles north of Orr.

At the scene, the first responders found that a Toyota Highlander SUV had been struck in what reports describe as a “low-speed T-bone type side swiping” collision with a semi-truck hauling logs tractor-trailer hauling logs at the intersection of Fawn Creek Road on Sheep Ranch Road.

Four people were in the vehicle at the time of the accident, and the front passenger, a 36-year-old woman from International Falls, suffered injuries, though the Sheriff’s office says her condition is unknown. The three other occupants, as well as the truck driver, were not injured.

The injured passenger was taken to Cook Hospital by the International Falls Ambulance.

The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office said the accident remains under investigation

PHOTO courtesy of St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office