Alcohol involved in fatal Hwy 52 crash
Credit: MGN
(ABC 6 News) – One person was killed and two injured in a three-vehicle crash on Hwy 52 early Saturday morning.
According to Minnesota State Patrol, it happened at 1:12 a.m. in Pine Island.
The crash report states 35-year-old Simona Vera from San Diego, CA, was traveling north in the southbound lanes of Hwy 52, when she collided with two other vehicles heading south.
60-year-old Larae Post from Rochester died in the crash.
Vera was transported to Saint Marys with life-threatening injuries. MSP believes alcohol was a factor.
25-year-old Marisa Johnson from Rochester was also transported to Saint Marys with non-life threatening injuries.
MSP says this is still an open investigation.
Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office, Zumbrota Police Department, Cannon Falls Fire, Police, and Ambulance and Zumbrota Ambulance all assisted at the scene.