A Jeep and Pick-up truck were traveling west on the two-lane highway when they collided.

Warsaw, MN (KROC-AM News)- A man and woman were hospitalized following a crash on a southern Minnesota highway.

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It happened shortly before 4:15 Wednesday afternoon. The State Patrol says the drivers were the sole occupants of the vehicles involved in the Rice County collision.

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Pick-up & Jeep Collide on Hwy. 60 Near Faribault, Man & Woman Taken to Hospital

The two-vehicle crash occurred at the intersection of Hwy. 60 and Essig Ave., which is about eight miles west of Faribault in Warsaw.

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A Jeep and Pick-up truck were traveling west on the two-lane highway when they collided. The state crash report does not say which vehicle was leading.

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45-year-old Sara Lynn Bertram of Morristown was driving the Jeep. She suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was brought to a Faribault hospital for further care, according to the State Patrol.

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The pick-up truck driver was also taken to a Faribault hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The State Patrol identified him as 32-year-old Samuel Edward Stassen of Elysian.

Both motorists were buckled up and alcohol was not involved in the crash, the state crash report indicates.

The Rice County Sheriff’s Office, Morristown Fire Department and North Ambulance also responded to the scene of the two-vehicle crash.

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