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Updated: 06/10/2016 9:37 AM
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The investigation continues into a police pursuit and multi-vehicle crash that injured at least four people Tuesday near Maple Lake.
Authorities are trying to determine what happened and whether the driver was suffering from a medical incident or had criminal intent.
The Minnesota State Patrol said 73-year-old Barbara Belka of Rockville was seriously injured in the crash. She attracted the attention of police after a guard rail was damaged in South Haven. When Annandale Police and Wright County deputies tried to stop Belka, she continued. The pursuit was called off near Maple Lake and Belka’s car caused a crash with four other vehicles on Minnesota Highway 55 near Maple Lake, the state patrol said.
“We don’t know if this is a medical or criminal situation,” said Capt. Todd Hoffman of the Wright County Sheriff’s Office.
Belka has not been arrested, Hoffman said.
Hoffman would not say how fast the driver was going when law enforcement ended the pursuit. It’s about seven miles between South Haven and Maple Lake.
The patrol said Belka was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.
Four other vehicles and at least three others were hurt, the patrol said.
The patrol said 55-year-old Steven Voight of St. Cloud, 20-year-old Mark Borer of Annandale and 39-year-old Wayne Paler of Annandale were taken to St. Cloud Hospital with injuries that are not life threatening.
The state patrol has not released the details of the crash.
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