{"id":35092,"date":"2026-06-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=35092"},"modified":"2026-06-26T05:42:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T10:42:43","slug":"driver-hurt-in-thief-river-falls-intersection-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/driver-hurt-in-thief-river-falls-intersection-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver Hurt in Thief River Falls Intersection Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<h2>Driver Hurt in Thief River Falls Intersection Crash<\/h2>\n<p><strong>THIEF RIVER FALLS<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A two-vehicle crash injured one driver at 11th Street and Arnold Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Police received the crash report at 3:48 p.m. on June 6.<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie Espe, of Thief River Falls, was driving west on 11th Street. She was operating a 2006 Honda CR-V.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsay Miley, also of Thief River Falls, was driving south on Arnold Avenue. She was operating a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe.<\/p>\n<p>The police report said Miley\u2019s vehicle struck Espe\u2019s vehicle at the intersection.<\/p>\n<h2>Driver Checked After Crash<\/h2>\n<p>Miley suffered minor injuries in the crash. Sanford Ambulance staff checked her condition at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The material supplied did not list any other injuries. It also did not describe further medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Information about regional medical services is available through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanfordhealth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanford Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Failure-to-Yield Citation Issued<\/h2>\n<p>Police cited Espe for failing to yield while approaching the intersection.<\/p>\n<p>A traffic citation states an alleged violation. It does not prove responsibility in court.<\/p>\n<p>The report did not state whether either vehicle required towing. It also did not describe the amount of damage.<\/p>\n<p>The material supplied did not identify any passengers.<\/p>\n<h2>Intersection Safety<\/h2>\n<p>The crash happened where 11th Street meets Arnold Avenue in Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers should slow down before entering intersections. They should also watch for traffic approaching from other directions.<\/p>\n<p>Additional driving guidance is available from the <a href=\"https:\/\/dps.mn.gov\/divisions\/ots\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities did not report any road closures connected to the crash.<\/p>\n<h2>Report Released June 22<\/h2>\n<p>Thief River Falls news media received the police report on June 22.<\/p>\n<p>The report lists June 6 as the crash date. It lists 3:48 p.m. as the reporting time.<\/p>\n<p>No additional details were included in the material provided for this story.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRF News<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35093\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35093\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Driver-Hurt-in-Thief-River-Falls-Intersection-Crash-300x200.png\" alt=\"Driver Hurt in Thief River Falls Intersection Crash\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Driver-Hurt-in-Thief-River-Falls-Intersection-Crash-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Driver-Hurt-in-Thief-River-Falls-Intersection-Crash-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Driver-Hurt-in-Thief-River-Falls-Intersection-Crash-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Driver-Hurt-in-Thief-River-Falls-Intersection-Crash.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Driver Hurt in Thief River Falls Intersection Crash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A two-vehicle crash in Thief River Falls left one driver with minor injuries and led police to issue a failure-to-yield citation afterward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35093,"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":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_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":[16],"tags":[1791,998,943,827,5094,6492,824,825],"class_list":["post-35092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accidents","tag-accidents","tag-crash","tag-driver","tag-falls","tag-hurt","tag-intersection","tag-river","tag-thief","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35092","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=35092"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35095,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35092\/revisions\/35095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}