NEWS RELEASE
Morrison County Sheriff’s Office
July 12, 2021
The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 7-11-2021 at approximately 2:43 pm, their office received a report of an ATV accident with injuries on the Soo Line Trail, approximately four miles east of Pierz, MN, in Hillman Township.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, 42-year-old Derek Johnson of Clear Lake, MN was traveling west on the Soo-Line Trail when he drove his ATV off the south side of the trail and hit a tree. Johnson was transported by Mayo Clinic Ambulance to St. Gabriel’s Hospital with unknown injuries.
The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Pierz Police Department, Pierz First Response Team and Mayo Clinic Ambulance.