Today in History, 1982: Truck fully loaded with sugar beets overturns near Sabin

On this day in 1982, a truck hauling sugar beets overturned in a ditch south of Sabin, Minnesota, leaving its 21-year-old driver hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Here is the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day: Truck overturns A truck lies overturned in a ditch this morning on County Road 11, seven miles south of Sabin, Minn. The rig, fully loaded with sugar beets, was forced into a ditch after a wheel dropped onto a soft shoulder, said Clay County Sheriff Jim Fischer. The driver, Kevin Barta, 21, Barnesville, Minn., was in satisfactory condition at St. Ansgar Hospital, Moorhead. (Forum Photo by Colburn Hvidston III) An ad featured in The Forum on October 19, 1982. Newspapers.com ]]>