Crash in Cottage Grove involving semi leaves 1 person fighting for their life

One person has life-threatening injuries from a crash in Washington County Wednesday afternoon that involved a semi and two pickup trucks.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol crash report, just before 2 p.m., a semi was driving northbound on Highway 95 (Manning Avenue) when it collided with a 2011 GMC Sierra pickup truck going eastbound on 70th Street. The crash caused the pickup to be pushed into another GMC Sierra pickup in the southbound lanes of Highway 95.

The driver of the semi was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. 48-year-old Shane Loughney, the driver of a 2011 GMC Sierra pickup, the one that collided with the semi, was taken to Regions Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Loughney is from Woodville, Wisconsin. The driver of the second pickup had non-life-threatening injuries and did not need hospital care…

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