HIGH FOREST TOWNSHIP, Minn. - Alcohol was involved in a two-vehicle collision Tuesday that injured one person in Olmsted County.

The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened on Highway 63 around 3:30 pm. A 2005 Chrysler Town & Country driven by Eric Joel Jensen, 43 of Tripoli, Iowa, and a 2016 Chevy Malibu driven by Ashley Rose McConnell, 39 of Spring Valley, were both heading south when they crashed just south of the Interstate 90 interchange.

The State Patrol says alcohol use by McConnell was a factor in the collision.

Jensen was not hurt. McConnell suffered what are described as non-life threatening injuries. She was taken to Olmsted Medical Center for treatment.

The Olmsted County Sheriff's Office, Stewartville Fire Department, and Mayo Ambulance assisted with this accident.

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