{"id":21083,"date":"2025-07-19T08:47:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T08:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/21083\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T08:47:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T08:47:14","slug":"driver-suffers-life-threatening-injuries-in-isanti-county-fair-crash-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/21083\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver suffers life-threatening injuries in Isanti County Fair crash, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  County fair crash severely injures race truck driver <\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/28f46b04d9db3244421dc0f7220ed75c-0-1752876793957.jpg\"   class=\"temp__img\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/video\/county-fair-crash-severely-injures-race-truck-driver\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>          County fair crash severely injures race truck driver<\/p>\n<p>          02:02<\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<p>A race truck driver suffered life-threatening injuries at the Isanti County Fair in Cambridge, Minnesota, Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last night that turn we were sitting by seemed to be the hot spot for crashes,&#8221; said Lacie Mohs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mohs was inside the Isanti County Grandstand for what was being called the &#8220;Night of Destruction&#8221; event. She said two crashes happened right in front of her. One driver walked away from the scene. The other did not.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then you look over and you just see this black pickup truck that&#8217;s pancaked to the ground,&#8221; said Mohs. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve heard so many people be so silent for the amount of time that they were. Just hoping and praying that he was going to be able walk out of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mohs said the crash occurred during an 8-cylinder race involving trucks. She said the crowd watched as the driver was finally removed from his vehicle and first responders performed CPR on him for several minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then they essentially ended up saying a couple of prayers and then they said, &#8216;I&#8217;m sorry, the show is over.&#8217; And at that point the LifeLink was making its way to the Grandstand,&#8221; said Mohs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The man was airlifted to North Memorial Health in the Twin Cities with life-threatening injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Race fans said the trucks don&#8217;t have protective roll cages on them during these events. Some witnesses believe a roll cage may have helped in this crash. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In this case, I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever seen a truck so flat on the ground,&#8221; said Mohs. &#8220;I&#8217;m losing sleep over this because this sticks with you \u2014 watching that happen and watching them try and save somebody. I have not been able to stop thinking about him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n        More from CBS News\n      <\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/john-lauritsen\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John  Lauritsen<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">John Lauritsen is an Emmy award-winning reporter from Montevideo, Minn. He joined WCCO-TV in late-July of 2007. 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