TWIN LAKES, Minn — A two-year-old Emmons girl suffered minor injuries when a truck and car collided on Highway 69. The toddler, Payton Ann Leiberg, was taken eight miles to the Albert Lea hospital. The accident was about 7:15 a.m. According to the State Patrol, a 2016 Ford Escape and a 2021 Peterbilt straight truck collided. Both were heading north toward Albert Lea. Unhurt were Samantha Leiberg, 22 of Emmons, the Escape driver, and Matt Joseph Gehling, 47, of Preston, the truck driver.
