Vehicle and cycle accidents, injuries reported
News | Published on May 13, 2025 at 4:33pm GMT+0000 | Author: Tucker Henderson
0By Tom Hintgen
Otter Tail County Correspondent
Sheriff deputies, on May 5, reported at least one injury during a two-vehicle accident near Underwood at 8:07 a.m. The accident was reported along Highway 210.
Two Fargo residents sustained life-threatening injuries when two motorcycles crashed May 5 near Star Lake, west of Dent. The accident, on Highway 108, took place close to 12:30 p.m. The victims were transported to Sanford Hospital in Fargo.
Structures destroyed by fires in OT County
Two structures were destroyed by fires in Otter Tail County, one on May 2 in eastern Otter Tail County and the other on May 3 north of Pelican Rapids.
The first structure fire, between Bluffton and New York Mills, took place at a large shop starting at 1:27 a.m. There was no immediate estimate of items lost inside during the fire.
The second fire, at a pole barn near Burton Lake, west of Pelican Lake, started when the owner lost control of of garbage burning. That fire spread to the pole barn. Inside items lost to the fire were minimal. However, some property of Lake Region Electric was damaged in the fire.