{"id":55926,"date":"2026-09-28T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=55926"},"modified":"2026-09-27T16:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T21:20:43","slug":"thief-river-falls-crash-leaves-vehicles-damaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/thief-river-falls-crash-leaves-vehicles-damaged\/","title":{"rendered":"Thief River Falls Crash Leaves Vehicles Damaged"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Thief River Falls Crash Leaves Vehicles Damaged<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Thief River Falls<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Two vehicles were damaged in a crash near First Street and LaBree Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>The crash was reported at 10:32 a.m. on September 9.<\/p>\n<p>Dianne Braaten of Plummer was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Impala.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, Braaten was changing lanes when the crash happened.<\/p>\n<p>Her vehicle then sideswiped a 2016 GMC Yukon XL.<\/p>\n<p>The Yukon was driven by Rebecca Nichole of Red Lake Falls.<\/p>\n<h2>No Injuries Reported<\/h2>\n<p>Police said there were no known injuries from the crash.<\/p>\n<p>No ambulance transport was reported.<\/p>\n<p>The initial report did not provide details about the amount of vehicle damage.<\/p>\n<p>It also did not list any citations issued at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened near a busy intersection in Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers in the area were able to continue through the intersection after the incident.<\/p>\n<h2>Lane Change Linked to Collision<\/h2>\n<p>The report states Braaten was changing lanes before the vehicles made contact.<\/p>\n<p>The Impala then sideswiped the GMC Yukon XL.<\/p>\n<p>No other vehicles were listed as being involved.<\/p>\n<p>Police did not report any contributing weather or road conditions.<\/p>\n<p>No further details were released about the crash.<\/p>\n<h2>Traffic Safety Reminder<\/h2>\n<p>Drivers are reminded to check mirrors and blind spots before changing lanes.<\/p>\n<p>Using turn signals also helps other drivers understand planned movements.<\/p>\n<p>More traffic safety information is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/dps.mn.gov\/divisions\/ots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Road condition information can also be found through <a href=\"https:\/\/511mn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota 511<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/TRF-POLICE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46707\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/TRF-POLICE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lane-change crash near First Street and LaBree Avenue in Thief River Falls damaged two vehicles, but no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46707,"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":[9988,25674,25673,4298,20222,25675,4761],"class_list":["post-55926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accidents","tag-chevy-impala","tag-dianne-braaten","tag-first-street-labree-avenue","tag-gmc-yukon","tag-minnesota-traffic-accident","tag-rebecca-nichole","tag-thief-river-falls-crash","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55926","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=55926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55927,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55926\/revisions\/55927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}