by Dennis Dalman
editor@thenewsleaders.com
A 16-year-old man from Holdingford is expected to be charged with careless driving and having unsafe tires on his car after a two-vehicle crash at 5:52 p.m. March 16 just east of the Rice bridge.
The man, whose name was not released, was westbound on County Road 2 leading to the bridge when he lost control of the Ford Mustang he was driving and veered into the path of another vehicle, according to Benton County Sheriff Troy Heck.
The other vehicle was an eastbound Mazda CX-5 wagon driven by Matthew Bagaglio, 33, of Little Falls. The occupants of that vehicle were Tasha Bagaglio, 29, who is several months pregnant; and a 2-year-old child who was properly secured in a child-safety seat.
All occupants of both vehicles were transported by ambulance to St. Cloud Hospital. Their injuries were not considered to be life-threatening.
Responding to the crash were police departments from Rice and Royalton, the Rice Fire and Rescue Department; and Gold Cross Ambulance Service.
This mangled car was the result of a two-car accident near the Rice bridge March 16. Despite the severity of the crash, fortunately nobody involved suffered life-threatening injuries.
