NEWS RELEASE
Morrison County Sheriff’s Office
September 26, 2025
The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on 9-25-2025 at approximately 8:34 am, their office received a report of a two-vehicle accident on Nature Road near Hilton Road, approximately one mile west of Royalton, MN in Bellevue Township.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, 66-year-old Wayne Easter of Little Falls, MN was driving a truck hauling a load of potatoes traveling west on Nature Road and 80-year-old Bernard Wilkens of Swanville, MN was driving a Ram 1500 truck traveling east on Nature Road. Easter attempted to make a left turn into Royal Farms, he failed to yield and was struck by the eastbound vehicle driven by Wilkens. Mary Suslaski-Wilkens, 77-year-old of Swanville, MN, a passenger in Wilkens’ vehicle, was transported by Mayo Clinic Ambulance to St. Gabriel’s Hospital with unknown injuries.
The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Royalton Police Department, MN State Patrol, Royalton Fire Department, Royalton First Response Team and Mayo Clinic Ambulance.