WOODBURY, Minn. — It's a reminder we hear every holiday season – buckle up, phone down, and don't drive impaired.

For one Woodbury Police officer, that message is personal this year.

"Don't create those unknowns for other people, because I don't know what my future is," said Allan Olson, an officer with the Woodbury Police Department.

In August, Olson and his son, Jacob, were on a family vacation in Itasca County.

"A week of four-wheeling and fishing at a buddy's cabin," he said.

Olson says the pair were on a four-wheeler and had just turned onto a dirt road that he says is still considered the four-wheeling trail.

"As we were going on this roadway, there was a truck coming the other way," Olson said. "Jacob took the four-wheeler and pulled over to the grass area."

Olson says that's

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