{"id":3198,"date":"2025-12-14T18:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T00:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=3198"},"modified":"2025-12-14T18:40:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T00:40:02","slug":"wabasha-county-crash-on-us-hwy-61-involves-grand-cherokee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wabasha-county-crash-on-us-hwy-61-involves-grand-cherokee\/","title":{"rendered":"Wabasha County Crash on US Hwy 61 Involves Grand Cherokee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wabasha County (trfnews.i234.me)<\/strong> \u2013 A crash involving a Jeep Grand Cherokee occurred on December 7, 2025, on US Highway 61 near Milepost 65, in Pepin Township, Wabasha County. The incident took place around 10:34 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling southbound on US Hwy 61 when it left the roadway and came to a stop in a ditch. The vehicle was affected by snow and icy road conditions at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3199\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3199\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wabasha-County-Crash-on-US-Hwy-61-Involves-Grand-Cherokee-300x200.png\" alt=\"Wabasha County Crash on US Hwy 61 Involves Grand Cherokee\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wabasha-County-Crash-on-US-Hwy-61-Involves-Grand-Cherokee-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wabasha-County-Crash-on-US-Hwy-61-Involves-Grand-Cherokee-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wabasha-County-Crash-on-US-Hwy-61-Involves-Grand-Cherokee-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wabasha-County-Crash-on-US-Hwy-61-Involves-Grand-Cherokee.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wabasha County Crash on US Hwy 61 Involves Grand Cherokee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The driver, Lucas Arruda Olson, a 20-year-old male from Rochester, MN, sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to Wabasha Hospital. Olson was wearing his seatbelt, and the Jeep\u2019s airbags deployed during the collision. Alcohol was not involved in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Wabasha County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Wabasha Fire Department, and Wabasha Ambulance assisted at the scene.<\/p>\n<h2>Winter Road Safety Reminder<\/h2>\n<p>Authorities urge drivers to remain cautious of snow and ice on the roads, especially during winter storms. For updates on road conditions, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dot.state.mn.us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Department of Transportation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wabasha County (trfnews.i234.me) \u2013 A crash involving a Jeep Grand Cherokee occurred on December 7, 2025, on US Highway 61 near Milepost 65, in Pepin Township, Wabasha County. The incident took place around 10:34 p.m. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling southbound on US Hwy 61 when it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"","timeOption":"","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":""},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[16],"tags":[7661],"trf_mt_town":[],"trf_mt_county":[],"trf_mt_topic":[],"trf_mt_series":[],"class_list":["post-3198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accidents","tag-traffic-crash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3198"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_town","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_town?post=3198"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_county","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_county?post=3198"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_topic?post=3198"},{"taxonomy":"trf_mt_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trf_mt_series?post=3198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}