Officer hurt in western Minnesota crash files lawsuit against convicted driver

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Officer hurt in western Minnesota crash files lawsuit against convicted driver

MONTEVIDEO — A law enforcement officer injured in the line of duty and his spouse are pursuing a personal injury lawsuit against the man who was convicted of striking his squad car. Jeffrey and Ashley Jerve accuse Lawrence Mechura, of Appleton, of operating his motor vehicle in a negligent and careless manner and causing the collision that injured Jeffrey Jerve in his squad car while on traffic enforcement duty as a Chippewa County sheriff’s dep…