One Injured in Winona County Car-Semi Crash

Dresbach, MN (KROC-AM News)- A crash involving a semi-truck and sedan near the Minnesota-Wisconsin border sent a Winona woman to the hospital Friday evening. 

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The State Patrol’s accident report indicates 66-year-old Ellen Pilger was driving her Lincoln sedan west on I-90 in Dresbach when her vehicle and a westbound Kenworth semi-truck collided shortly before 6 p.m. Pilger suffered what were described as non-life-threatening injuries. 

The truck driver, identified as 49-year-old Lewis Anderson of Kingman, AZ, and a passenger in Pilger’s vehicle, 74-year-old Fredrick Pilger of Winona, were not hurt. The accident report indicates all of the parties involved in the wreck were buckled up.

The report also rules out alcohol as a contributing factor. The Dakota Fire Department also responded to the collision.