At about 6:18 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a single-vehicle crash at the intersection of County State Aid Highway 14 and 675th Avenue in the Ellsworth Township.
Meeker County deputies, Dassel Fire Department, and Allina Ambulance out of Hutchinson responded to the scene.
The vehicle was southbound on County Road 14 when it left the roadway. The vehicle vaulted 675th Avenue and landed in a group of trees. The lone occupant, Steven Graphenteen, 57 of Litchfield, was taken to the Meeker Memorial Hospital with significant but non-life-threatening injuries.