Ottertail, MN – A pickup driver is hurt after a crash in rural Ottertail Thursday night (September 19).
Troopers say 23-year-old Cody Jacobs of Henning was heading east on Highway 108 east of the city of Ottertail at around 8:30 p.m., when his pickup left the road near 477th Avenue.
Jacobs was brought to Perham Health for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Troopers say he was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident.
The State Patrol was assisted by the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office, Ottertail Fire, and Henning Ambulance.

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