6 People Involved In Crash West Of St. Cloud

ST. CLOUD -- Three people were hurt in a crash in which an SUV collided with a semi early Sunday morning.

The Minnesota State Patrol says five passengers inside an SUV were traveling on Highway 23 when they failed to yield to a semi at the intersection of 35th Avenue around 1:45 a.m.

The semi hit the SUV, causing the vehicle to spin around before coming to a rest in the ditch.

Three passengers in the SUV, 42-year-olds John and Nataliia Machardy of St. Cloud and 38-year-old Jennifer Brink-Edwards of Excelsior, suffered non-life threatening injuries.

The semi truck driver, 52-year-old Kenneth Steinhoff of Sauk Rapids and the other two passengers in the SUV, 46-year-old Arkadiy Bekerman and 50-year-old Irina Bekerman of St. Cloud, were not hurt in the crash.