One injured in 3-vehicle crash on Highway 7 Jan. 31
A three-vehicle accident on Highway 7 at Babcock Avenue, north of Lester Prairie, resulted in one injury Wednesday, Jan. 31, at about 6:33 a.m.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 2007 Freightliner semi driven by Alexander Neasl Jesme, 27, of St. Paul Park, was northbound on Babcock Avenue, crossing Highway 7, and a 2017 Jeep Compass, driven by Jordan Jon Weeks, 21, of Delano, was westbound on Highway 7, when the vehicles collided in the intersection. Both vehicles then collided with a 2014 Kia Rio, driven by Jeffrey Paul Johnson, 31, of Buffalo, which was stopped facing south on Babcock Avenue.
Weeks was taken by Ridgeview Ambulance to Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia. Johnson was not injured, nor were two passengers in his vehicle. Jesme also was not injured. All were wearing seat belts.
Assisting at the accident were the McLeod County Sheriff’s Office, Lester Prairie Fire Department and Ridgeview Ambulance.