Bemidji man killed in Highway 64 crash

A Bemidji man was killed in a crash on Highway 64 Friday afternoon.

According to state patrol’s notice published Monday, a Pinewood woman was heading south near the Blue Trail in Hubbard County when she crossed the centerline, making contact with a northbound Ford Eco Sport.

Eighty-one-year-old Arthur Jacobson was taken to Sanford Bemidji where he was presumably pronounced deceased.

Thirty-nine-year-old Tianna Berndt was transported to Sanford Fargo for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

Akeley Fire & Rescue, Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office and North Ambulance assisted at the scene.


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