STOCKTON, Minn. – A Houston truck driver was airlifted 34 miles to a LaCrosse hospital after his Peterbilt and a semi-trailer went of control on the west-bound lane heading down Stockton Hill. Jordan Patrick Kleist, 23, was trapped in the cab. First-responders had to cut him out. He was conscious throughout, Winona County deputies said. An ambulance took Kleist to the Stockton Hill summit where the med-evac helicopter landed. In LaCrosse, Kliest was reported in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries. The accident was about 9 a.m. Kleist’s truck and trailer were on their sides on the east lane on the steep edge off U.S. Highway 14. Although a busy road, no other vehicle was struck. NOTE: This corrects some details in an earlier account
