ROYALTON - A 25-year-old man was arrested Sunday after driving the wrong way on Highway 10 just north of Royalton in Morrison County and causing a head-on collision, reported the Minnesota State Patrol.
Justin S. Hollerman of Cold Spring was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of Highway 10 in a Honda Accord. An Oldsmobile Bravado driven by Allisa I. Bontjes, 20, Randall, was going southbound in the southbound lanes near 68th Street when the two crashed. The Bravado rolled and came to a rest upside down in the west ditch, while the Accord remained in the roadway.
Both drivers were taken to St. Gabriel's Hospital in Little Falls with non life-threatening injuries. Bontjes was not wearing a seat belt, the state patrol said.
The state patrol detected alcohol in Hollerman's system and he was later arrested on suspicion of criminal vehicular operation. He was wearing his seat belt.
The crash was reported at 1:04 a.m.
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The Morrison County Sheriff's Office and the Royalton Police Department assisted the state patrol at the scene.
