Southeast Minnesota Woman Hurt After Vehicle Hits Utility Pole, Alcohol Suspected

Spring Valley, MN (KROC-AM News)- A southeast Minnesota woman was taken to a hospital after crashing a vehicle she was driving into a utility pole. 

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The State Patrol responded to the crash shortly after 10:15 Wednesday night. 

The single-vehicle crash came on a day when slick roads caused multiple accidents on southeast Minnesota’s roads, however the highway was described as dry at the time of the collision. 

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First responders were called to the crash scene along Hwy. 16/63 at the intersection with Mower Fillmore Rd., which is about four miles west of Spring Valley. 

The state crash report indicates a sedan was traveling east when it left the two-lane highway and struck the utility pole. 36-year-old Nikki Rae Heitland of Grand Meadow was identified as the driver. 

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She was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester for treatment of what are being described as non-life-threatening injuries. 

Heitland was not buckled up and alcohol is suspected to have been involved in the single-vehicle crash, the report says. 

The Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office, Mower County Sheriff’s Office, Mayo Clinic Ambulance and Spring Valley Ambulance also responded to the crash.

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