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Milaca Woman Hospitalized After Sideswipe Crash
MILLE LACS -- One person sustained serious injuries after a sideswipe crash in Mille Lacs County yesterday (Sunday).
The Minnesota State Patrol says the incident happened around 12:00 p.m. along highway 169.
One of the drivers 32-year-old Ramiro Castillo Jr. of Brownwood, Texas was traveling northbound in the left lane.
The second driver, 80-year-old Caroline Droogsma of Milaca was heading eastbound on the median crossover.
The state patrol says Castillo struck Droogsma's vehicle broadside causing her vehicle to roll into the ditch.
Droogsma was taken to the U of M hospital in Minneapolis with serious injuries. Castillo was not injured.
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