Princeton Man Hurt in Early Morning Crash

ELK RIVER - A Princeton man was hurt in a collision early Tuesday morning. The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened at about 2:45 a.m. on Northbound Highway 169 at School Street Northwest in Elk River.

Twenty-two-year-old Zachariah Carlson of Princeton stopped at a red light and as he began to proceed through the intersection he was rear-ended by a semi.

Carlson was taken to Princeton Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The driver of the semi, 24-year-old Lance Rayburn of Pine City, was not hurt.