Collision between car, horse injures 2 people

LAWTON, N.D. (AP) – Two people were injured after a collision between a car and a horse in northeastern North Dakota.

The accident happened about 5 a.m. on June 2 on Highway 1 near Lawton. The Highway Patrol says a 1998 Pontiac Grand Am driven by 29-year-old Jack Nesdahl of East Grand Forks, Minn., struck the horse, which had escaped from its pen and was standing on the highway.

Authorities say Nesdahl and 16-year-old John Rodriguez of East Grand Forks were transported to a Park River hospital. Rodriguez was treated and released. Nesdahl was moved to a Grand Forks hospital, where he was treated and released.