By Jolene FarleyAn accident Saturday northeast of Steen on Minnesota 270 in Rock County, sent two men to the hospital. The Minnesota State Highway Patrol investigated a "T-Bone" accident at 11:14 a.m. involving Kim Kimmel, 57, of Magnolia, and John (Jack) Hokeness, 57, of Rushmore. Hokeness, whose 2001 Chevrolet Silverado was a total loss, was towing a trailer of pumpkins west on Highway 270 for delivery to one of Hokeness Farms’ produce stands in Sioux Falls, S.D.Kimmel who was driving south, failed to stop at a stop sign, according to Hokeness. "By the time I realized he wasn’t going to stop," Hokeness said. "I was right on top of him."Kim Kimmel’s vehicle, a 1996 Chevrolet Suburban was also totaled.A passerby after both vehicles were towed said pumpkins were scattered everywhere.Both drivers were taken to Luverne Community Hospital and then airlifted to Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls, S.D. Hokeness, who was wearing a seatbelt, was released from the hospital Saturday night. He had broken and bruised ribs and head lacerations. Kimmel, who wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, was reached by phone at the hospital but declined an interview. Hokeness went back to the scene of the accident after leaving the hospital, and he said he Kimmel’s view was obstructed by a cornfield."It was a pretty blind intersection for him," he said. First Responder Joe Deutsch, Ellsworth, happened to drive by the scene soon after the vehicles collided, and he administered initial first aid, according to Hokeness.