The vehicle being loaded onto a flatbed truck following the incident
Five Sleepy Eye High School students escaped injury Tuesday night when their vehicle went out of control on icy roads and rolled into a field.
The five teenagers, Jake Lang (driver), Josie Lang, Jake Berg, Cassidy Hoffmann and Palmer Hittesdorf were returning from the sub-section championship basketball game Tuesday night when, at approximately 9:30 p.m., the vehicle they were traveling in came upon an ice covered stretch of Highway 14 just west of New Ulm (near CR 12). The car went sliding then air-bound, landing on its roof in a field on the north side of they road. The youth were left hanging upside down with their seat belts holding them snugly in place.
All were able to exit the vehicle safety. They were examined by Allina Ambulance staff with no one needing transport to a hospital.
The community breathed an extra sigh of relief with this accident as it occurred one day shy of the four-year anniversary of a similar type of crash that left four local young men dead and a fifth seriously injured.
The teens took to Twitter following the incident to express their gratitude:
