Crash on Snow-and-ice-Covered Freeway Injures Austin Man

High Forest, MN (KROC-AM News)- A crash on a snow-and-ice-covered I-90 in Mower County sent an Austin man to a hospital Thursday morning.

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The State Patrol’s incident report says a semi-truck and a crossover were heading east when the vehicles collided about four miles west of the High Forest Interchange shortly before 7 a.m. The driver of the crossover, identified as 43-year-old Nicholas Smith, was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester with what were described as non-life-threatening injuries.

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The truckdriver, identified as 64-year-old Leonard Winter of Kilkenny, MN was not hurt. The crash report indicates both drivers were buckled at the time of the collision.

The Mower County Sheriff’s Office and Grand Meadow Fire Department also responded to the wreck.

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