{"id":22037,"date":"2026-03-13T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=22037"},"modified":"2026-03-12T06:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:23:55","slug":"thief-river-falls-driver-in-rural-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-driver-in-rural-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls Driver In Rural Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pennington County<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(trfnews.i234.me)<\/a> \u2014 A Thief River Falls woman was involved in a two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon in rural Pennington County.<\/p>\n<p>The crash was reported at about 3:53 p.m. on March 2. It happened near 140th Street Northeast and 190th Avenue Northeast.<\/p>\n<h2>What Happened<\/h2>\n<p>According to the report, Brooklyn Kilen of Thief River Falls was driving a 2018 GMC Sierra. She was leaving a private driveway near the intersection.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said Kilen turned westbound after pulling onto the road. At the same time, a 2022 Jeep Cherokee was traveling eastbound.<\/p>\n<p>The Jeep was driven by Kylie Delage of Goodridge. The two vehicles then collided near the intersection.<\/p>\n<p>The brief report did not include weather or road details. It also did not list any citation information.<\/p>\n<h2>Drivers Identified<\/h2>\n<p>Kilen was identified as the driver of the GMC Sierra. Delage was identified as the driver of the Jeep Cherokee.<\/p>\n<p>Both drivers were named in the initial incident report. No other people were identified in the short summary.<\/p>\n<p>The report did not say how badly either vehicle was damaged. It also did not say whether either vehicle needed a tow.<\/p>\n<h2>No Known Injuries<\/h2>\n<p>Officials said there were no known injuries after the crash. No emergency medical transport was listed in the report.<\/p>\n<p>That early detail suggests the crash did not cause serious harm. Still, more information could be released later.<\/p>\n<h2>Rural Road Safety Reminder<\/h2>\n<p>Crashes like this can happen quickly on rural roads. Driveways and side roads can create short reaction times.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers should slow down when approaching intersections. They should also watch carefully for vehicles entering the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>Looking both ways matters even on quiet county roads. A few extra seconds can prevent a crash.<\/p>\n<h2>Location And Related Links<\/h2>\n<p>The crash happened northeast of Thief River Falls. Readers can review the area and public safety resources below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/?api=1&amp;query=140th+Street+Northeast+and+190th+Avenue+Northeast+Minnesota\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View the crash area on Google Maps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penningtonsheriff.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pennington County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dps.mn.gov\/divisions\/ots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This report is based on the initial information released about the crash. More details may be added if officials release an update.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Chris Harper reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22038\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22038\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thief-River-Falls-Driver-In-Rural-Crash-300x200.png\" alt=\"Thief River Falls Driver In Rural Crash\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thief-River-Falls-Driver-In-Rural-Crash-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thief-River-Falls-Driver-In-Rural-Crash-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thief-River-Falls-Driver-In-Rural-Crash-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thief-River-Falls-Driver-In-Rural-Crash.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thief River Falls Driver In Rural Crash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennington County (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 A Thief River Falls woman was involved in a two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon in rural Pennington County. The crash was reported at about 3:53 p.m. on March 2. It happened near 140th Street Northeast and 190th Avenue Northeast. What Happened According to the report, Brooklyn Kilen of Thief River Falls was&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-driver-in-rural-crash\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thief River Falls Driver In Rural Crash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[14971,998,772,943,827,8403,14970,14974,14972,12560,824,2220,14973,825,4761],"class_list":["post-22037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-brooklyn-kilen","tag-crash","tag-crime","tag-driver","tag-falls","tag-gmc-sierra","tag-goodridge-driver","tag-jeep-cherokee","tag-kylie-delage","tag-pennington-county-accident","tag-river","tag-rural","tag-rural-minnesota-crash","tag-thief","tag-thief-river-falls-crash","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22044,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22037\/revisions\/22044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}