Pickup driver cited for stop sign violation in two-vehicle…

Car Crash Minnesota Today in Cook, Minnesota: A two-vehicle crash occurred just before 8 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Minnesota Highway 1 and Samuelson Road in Field Township near Cook, Minnesota. A 2008 Ford F150 pickup traveling south on Samuelson Road failed to stop at a stop sign and collided with a Ford Explorer squad car driven by an on-duty St. Louis County sheriff's deputy traveling west on Highway 1. The pickup driver was transported to Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth with life-threatening injuries, while the deputy was transported to Cook Hospital and Care Center with non-life-threatening injuries. Multiple agencies including the Minnesota State Patrol, St. Louis County Sheriff's Office, and Cook Fire Department responded to the scene.