Crime & Safety
UPDATE: At Least One Person Hurt in Wednesday Evening Crash
Police were continuing the investigation into what caused a two-vehicle crash at the junction of Highway 52 and County Road 42 in Rosemount.
UPDATE: 11:50 A.M. THURSDAY—At least one person was injured in Wednesday evening's crash at the junction of Highway 52 and County Road 42.
A Rosemount Police spokesperson said Thursday morning said the driver of one of the vehicles involved was taken to the hospital. No other information about the injured person was available.
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Rosemount Police were called to the crash, near the bottom of exit ramp from southbound Highway 52, at about 6:20 p.m.
The cause of the crash remained under investigation Thursday morning, the police spokesperson said.
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Police were investigating a two-vehicle crash at the junction of Highway 52 and County Road 42 in Rosemount Wednesday evening.
A Ford Taurus and a minivan appeared to collide at the bottom of the ramp from southbound Highway 52 shortly after 6 p.m. The badly damaged Taurus ended up in a ditch off the north shoulder of County Road 42, and the minivan incurred front-end damage.
Dakota County Sheriff’s Department deputies closed the ramp from southbound Highway 52 and a small portion of westbound County Road 42 under the highway overpass. Traffic heading westbound on 42 was rerouted onto northbound Highway 52 for a time.
All traffic lanes reopened shortly after 7 p.m., when tow trucks arrived to haul away the damaged vehicles. Also on the scene were units from the Rosemount Police Department and Rosemount Fire Department. A truck and crew from Xcel Energy also responded.
Patch will update this story if more information becomes available.
