Rochester Crash Sends Stewartville Woman to Hospital, Speed & Alcohol Suspected Factors

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- A St. Patrick’s Day crash in Rochester sent a southeast Minnesota woman to the hospital. 

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Rochester Police Department Communications Coordinator Amanda Grayson says officers responded to the crash around 6:30 p.m. 

The driver was the only person involved in the single-vehicle crash. Responding officers found the vehicle rolled over on its side in the ditch.

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Stewartville Woman Injured in Rochester, MN Single-Vehicle Crash, Police Suspect Speed & Alcohol as Factors

Grayson says officers were dispatched to the crash in the 4800 block of West Circle Dr. Northwest near Northern Hills Golf Course. 

The vehicle had left the road and rolled over before coming to rest in the ditch on the west side of the busy four-lane divided road, Grayson said. 

A 27-year-old woman from Stewartville was driving the vehicle. She was taken from the scene by an ambulance for treatment of what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries, according to the police report. 

Her name has not been released. Grayson says the preliminary crash investigation indicates speed and alcohol were factors in the single-vehicle crash.

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