(Mankato, MN)  – Two Arlington women were hospitalized after morning crash on Highway 5 in Gaylord.

The Minnesota State Patrol says Sarah Danielle Johnson, 38, and Abbigale Rose Louise Walter, 21, were both eastbound on Highway 5 when Walter’s Volkswagon rear-ended Johnson’s Chevy.

The crash happened just east of Jefferson Avenue at 7:50 a.m., according to the state patrol.

Both women were transported to an Arlington health facility for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

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