NEWS RELEASE
Morrison County Sheriff’s Office
February 7, 2022
The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 2-5-2022 at approximately 5:53 pm, their office received a report of a snowmobile accident on property located off 225th Ave, approximately six miles northwest of Lastrup, MN in Ripley Township.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, 47-year-old Hanna Brandner of Pierz, MN was driving a snowmobile on her property with her 11-year-old granddaughter on the machine with her. The throttle stuck on the snowmobile causing Brandner to lose control and hit a parked vehicle in the yard. Brandner and the 11-year-old juvenile female were transported to St. Gabriel’s Hospital by Mayo Clinic Ambulance with unknown injuries.
The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Pierz First Response Team and Mayo Clinic Ambulance.