{"id":52866,"date":"2026-09-18T04:31:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T09:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=52866"},"modified":"2026-09-18T04:31:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T09:31:05","slug":"pokegama-township-crash-injures-three-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/pokegama-township-crash-injures-three-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Pokegama Township Crash Injures Three Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pokegama Township Crash Injures Three Women<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Pokegama Township (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 Three women were injured Thursday in a two-vehicle crash in Pine County.<\/p>\n<p>The collision happened at about 10:29 a.m. on September 17, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The crash occurred near County Road 11 and County Road 53.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/app.dps.mn.gov\/MSPMedia2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota State Patrol<\/a>, two vehicles were traveling in opposite directions.<\/p>\n<p>A 2005 Mercury Sable was traveling east on County Road 11.<\/p>\n<p>A 2014 Chevrolet Silverado was traveling west on the same road.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicles collided near the intersection with County Road 53.<\/p>\n<h2>Three Women Taken To Welia Health<\/h2>\n<p>Lillian Christine Vanalst, 76, of Ogilvie, was driving the Mercury Sable.<\/p>\n<p>She suffered injuries described as non-life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p>Vanalst was taken to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weliahealth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Welia Health<\/a> for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Alisha Marie Severin, 33, of Duluth, was a passenger in the Mercury.<\/p>\n<p>She also suffered non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Heidi Ann Severin, 62, of Mora, was another passenger.<\/p>\n<p>She also suffered injuries described as non-life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p>Both passengers were taken to Welia Health for medical care.<\/p>\n<p>All three women were wearing seat belts, according to the State Patrol.<\/p>\n<h2>Pickup Driver Was Not Injured<\/h2>\n<p>Nicholas Charles Linn, 42, of Brook Park, was driving the Chevrolet Silverado.<\/p>\n<p>Linn was not injured in the collision.<\/p>\n<p>He was wearing a seat belt when the crash occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Airbags did not deploy in either vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Alcohol was not suspected for anyone listed in the crash report.<\/p>\n<h2>Emergency Crews Respond<\/h2>\n<p>The road was dry when the vehicles collided.<\/p>\n<p>Pine County law enforcement and ambulance crews assisted at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The State Patrol listed the incident under case number 26271983.<\/p>\n<p>Officials marked the crash information as complete Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The report was last updated at 1:40 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The report does not explain what caused the collision.<\/p>\n<p>No life-threatening injuries were reported in the crash information.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers can check current road conditions through <a href=\"https:\/\/511mn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota 511<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More crash information is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/app.dps.mn.gov\/MSPMedia2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota State Patrol incident system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52867\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pokegama-Township-Crash-Injures-Three-Women.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-52867\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pokegama-Township-Crash-Injures-Three-Women-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Pokegama Township Crash Injures Three Women\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pokegama-Township-Crash-Injures-Three-Women-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pokegama-Township-Crash-Injures-Three-Women-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pokegama-Township-Crash-Injures-Three-Women-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pokegama-Township-Crash-Injures-Three-Women-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pokegama-Township-Crash-Injures-Three-Women-1568x882.png 1568w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pokegama-Township-Crash-Injures-Three-Women.png 1672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pokegama Township Crash Injures Three Women<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three women were injured in a two-vehicle crash on County Road 11 in Pokegama Township, Pine County, on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52867,"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":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"","timeOption":"","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":""},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[16],"tags":[25318,25316,25319,25317,1013,5924,25315],"class_list":["post-52866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accidents","tag-alisha-severin","tag-county-road-11-crash","tag-heidi-severin","tag-lillian-vanalst","tag-minnesota-state-patrol","tag-pine-county-crash","tag-pokegama-township-crash","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52866","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=52866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52868,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52866\/revisions\/52868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}