On Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 5:23 p.m., the Crawford County Dispatch Center was notified of a car versus semi crash on US Highway 61, north of Mt. Zion.
Aaron Fortney, 49, Gays Mills, was driving a 1998 Buick LesSabre north on Highway 61 delivering mail. He went to make a left turn onto Hope Lane when his vehicle crashed with a 2007 Peterbilt semi that was passing on the left.
Fortney sustained back and neck injuries and was transported to Vernon Memorial Hospital.
The semi driver Trevor Lee Sansburn, 29, Lake Park, Minn., escaped injury.
Both vehicles sustained disabling damage and were towed from the scene