Champlin man Hurt in Highway 10 Crash in Big Lake

BIG LAKE -- A Champlin man is hurt after his pickup bumped the rear-end of a semi, causing him to lose control and enter the ditch Tuesday morning.

The crash happened around 7:40 a.m. on westbound Highway 10 in Big Lake.

The Minnesota State Patrol says 46-year-old Joseph Hoffman was not wearing his seatbelt when his pickup made contact with the semi and entered the right ditch.

The semi driver, 51-year-old Todd Stecker of Buffalo was not hurt. Hoffman was brought to Monticello Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.