HOKAH, Minn. – Two Wisconsin men, both of whom police said had been drinking, were hurt when their car went into a ditch at the confusing junction of Highways 26 and 16 east of Hokah. Braxdyn Jens Engstrand, 20, of Turtle Lake, the driver, and Austin James Blasius, 18, of Pelican Lake, were taken 10 miles to a LaCrosse hospital. The impact was such that both airbags in their 2009 Pontiac G6 deployed. Their injuries appeared non-life threatening, said LaCrescent police. They were heading north from Iowa toward LaCrescent and LaCrosse. The accident was about 11:35 p.m.
