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SEVEN PEOPLE INCLUDING FIVE CHILDREN HURT IN LYON COUNTY CRASH

Seven people including five children were hurt in a collision around 12:30 Friday afternoon on Northbound Highway 23 and 220th Street in Lyon County.  The state patrol says a Ford Escape driven by -19-year-old Shelby Korman of Lynd and a  Chrysler Town and Country driven by 42-year-old Christie Wieme of Balaton collided.  Both drivers and five children in the Chrysler were all taken to Marshall Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.  The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, Lynd Fire Department, North ambulance and Balaton ambulance all assisted at the scene.