Man dies in head-on crash
The smashed pickup truck cab is visible in the center of the picture above, with the box still intact at the right. The accident happened Monday morning south of Huntley.
In a split second conservationists, sportsmen, firearms enthusiasts and anyone who knew Grant Bahls of Huntley lost a good friend when he was killed in an accident Monday morning.
The 49-year-old Bahls was traveling north on County Highway 1 when his pickup truck collided head-on with an empty semi-trailer driven by Rick Johnson, 46, of Winnebago.
“He came across the yellow line. I hit the brakes. That’s all I could do. I didn’t have time to move the steering wheel,” he says.
Johnson, who owns and operates Johnson Trucking of Winnebago, was on his way to the Guckeen Elevator for a load of grain when the accident occurred.
Bahls was pronounced dead at the scene, while Johnson was transported to United Hospital in Blue Earth, where he had X-rays taken and was treated and released.
Ironically, a recent wake service for a mutual friend brought the two together for a last time.
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