Man Killed in Ambulance Identified

The Minnesota State Patrol has released the name of a 71-year old patient killed in an ambulance crash near Cloquet. The patrol says Iven Othuoudt of Remer was being transported from one hospital to another for a medical procedure when the crash happened Friday night. He was dead at the scene.

Authorities say the ambulance was heading East on U.S. Highway 2 when it hit an icy area, sideswiped an SUV that had stopped on the shoulder, then clipped a guardrail and rolled into the ditch.

The ambulance driver and passenger were treated and released from a Cloquet Hospital. The driver of the SUV was not hurt.