Teen on video call runs stop sign, crashes into field in western Minnesota

DARWIN TOWNSHIP, Minn. (FOX 9) - An 18-year-old woman who was on a video call on her phone ran a stop sign in western Minnesota Sunday night and crashed her vehicle in a field. 

The Meeker County Sheriff’s Office said the crash occurred at 5:36 p.m. at the intersection of County State Aid Highway 21 and County State Aid Highway 14 in Darwin Township. 

According to the sheriff’s office, the driver, a Hopkins woman, failed to stop at the stop sign at the T-intersection and went into the field. She was treated at the scene for minor injuries sustained in the crash. 

No one else was injured.