Crash With Semi South of Rochester Injures Preston Man
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- A Preston man was injured after the vehicle he was driving collided with a semi Sunday morning.
The Minnesota State Patrol crash report says 23-year-old Colton Kraling was traveling north on Hwy. 52 when his vehicle and a northbound semi-truck collided at Hwy. 52 and Olmsted County Rd. 19 south of Rochester shortly before 11 a.m.
Kraling was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital with what were described as non-life-threatening injuries. The truck driver, identified as 33-year-old Jeremy Schmidt of Wykoff, was not hurt.
The report rules out alcohol as a contributing factor and says both drivers were buckled. The Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office, Rochester Fire Department and Gold Cross Ambulance also responded to the crash.