An 18-year-old woman was airlifted to North Memorial Hospital this morning after the a two-vehicle accident on the County Road 83/11th Avenue bridge in Forest Lake.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol and police reports, Jessica Erickson, 18, of Forest Lake, was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck east on the bridge around 7:30 a.m. when she lost control of the vehicle when it hit some ice on the bridge, driving it into the path of a westbound Volvo XC90 SUV. The SUV t-boned the truck, tearing it in half. The cab of the pickup flipped over, seriously injuring Erickson, who was wearing a seatbelt. She was airlifted to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale. The SUV's driver, Catherine Walker, 53, of Forest Lake, received a non-life threatening injury.
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