Becker, MN : Two people injured after a truck crashed into a dentist's office building on U.S. Highway 10 in Becker on Tuesday morning, February 24, 2015
Two people were injured Tuesday when a truck went off the highway and into a dentist's office in Becker.
The incident happened at 8:59 a.m. on U.S. Highway 10 in Becker, Police Chief Brent Baloun said.
A man was driving a truck west on the highway when it skidded off the road, crossed a frontage road and smashed into the dentist's office, which is a brick building.
Dr. Stephanie Gruenes Center for Cosmetic Dentistry was damaged and closed for the day, Baloun said. It is about 100 feet from the highway.
The driver was flown to St. Cloud Hospital, and a person in the waiting room was taken by ambulance to St. Cloud Hospital with cuts from glass, Baloun said. No one else was hurt.
Baloun did not release the names of the victims. The State Patrol listed the driver as 43-year-old John Janu of Sartell.
The crash is under investigation, but the State Patrol says the road was icy. U.S. Highway 10 was closed for about 20 minutes while the helicopter landed.
Baloun said they are still trying to figure out how the crash happened.
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2 injured and airlifted to hospital after truck crashes into dentist's office