Woman Flees Traffic Stop

The Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop for suspicion of an impaired driver on Friday afternoon at 5:07 on Indian Beach Road by Green Lake.  As deputies were in the middle of the stop, the 65-year-old female driver from Sunburg took off at a high rate of speed and struck a bridge railing at 134^th Avenue Northeast.  Spicer Fire, Kandiyohi County Rescue and New London Ambulance personnel were able to remove the woman from the vehicle as she was trapped.   She was transported by New London Ambulance with non-life-threatening injuries and alcohol was a factor in the crash.  The walking portion of the bridge was closed.