Minnesota Teen Girl Hospitalized After Crashing on I-90 in Olmsted County
Stewartville, MN (KROC-AM News)- A teenage girl was taken to a hospital after crashing on Interstate 90 in southeast Minnesota.
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She was the only person involved in the single-vehicle crash.
The State Patrol responded to the wreck in Olmsted County shortly after 9:30 Tuesday night.
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The young driver crashed her SUV about two miles southwest of the I-90/Hwy. 63 interchange near Stewartville.
She lost control of her vehicle as she was driving east, the state crash report says.
16-year-old Elizabeth Fae Clennon was identified as the driver. The Austin girl suffered what are being described as non-life-threatening injuries, the crash report states.
Clennon was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester for further care. She was buckled up and alcohol was not involved in the crash, according to the state report.
The Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office, Stewartville Fire Department and Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service also responded to the single-vehicle crash.
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