2 drivers injured in Highway 68 crash

Two drivers were injured in a crash on Highway 68 near Courtland Thursday.

The Minnesota State Patrol says an eastbound pickup and a westbound Toyota Camry collided at 480th St just before noon. 

The Camry driver, 48-year-old Jennifer Bennett, of Storden, was transported to New Ulm Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.   

Ronald Haugen, 73, of Kasota, was driving the pickup.  Haugen also suffered non-life threatening injuries, but he wasn’t transported for medical care. 

Highway 68 is the posted detour while Highway 14 is under construction from New Ulm to Nicollet.