STAPLES, Minn. – A Minnesota state senator was hurt when two snowmobiles collided in Morrison County.
The Sheriff’s Office says the incident happened on Friday at about 12:45 p.m. on a trail about six miles south of Motley.
Fifty-five-year-old John Jasinski of Faribault and 38-year-old Mark Johnson of East Grand Forks were both going west on the trail when they came to a 90-degree left turn.
Both men are members of the Republican party in the Minnesota State Senate.
Jasinski was in front of Johnson and as they went into the turn. Johnson rear-ended Jasinski causing Jasinski to be thrown off the snowmobile.
Jasinski was taken to Staples Hospital and later air-lifted to North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale. Johnson was not hurt.
Jasinski released a statement about the crash:
On Friday, February 4 I was in an accident involving another snowmobile at the Minnesota Rendezvous event. I was flown in a North Memorial helicopter ambulance to North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale. The accident left me with three broken ribs, a broken pelvis, and fractured L5 vertebrae. Because of the great care I received both at the accident site and in the hospital, I am expected to make a full recovery.