A 2012 Ford F150 pickup truck driven by a 53-year-old Grand Marais man hit and injured two pedestrians near the SA gas station on Saturday, Feb. 18, at around 1 p.m.
The accident happened as Donna Kay Rudman and Barry Lee Rudman, both age 46, from Forest Lake, were walking across the entrance of the gas station and Mark Oltean, the driver of the truck, struck them as he was leaving the gas station. Both were taken by ambulance to the Cook County North Shore Hospital with injuries considered nonlife threatening. Oltean was not injured.
Responding to the scene were the Minnesota State Patrol, Cook County Sheriff ’s Office, and the Border Patrol.
The report issued by the State Patrol said alcohol was detected in the driver of the truck, but it was not announced whether or not he would be charged in the accident.
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