{"id":4902,"date":"2025-12-22T06:15:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=4902"},"modified":"2025-12-22T06:15:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:15:38","slug":"monticello-chevy-and-ford-collide-on-hwy-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/monticello-chevy-and-ford-collide-on-hwy-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Monticello: Chevy and Ford Collide on Hwy 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wright County<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Two vehicles collided on Highway 25 near School Blvd in Monticello, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>The crash occurred at 5:09 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 21, 2025, when a 2009 Ford Edge made a U-turn while traveling northbound. A 2013 Chevy Equinox was southbound on Highway 25 at the time.<\/p>\n<h2>What happened<\/h2>\n<p>The Minnesota State Patrol report says the Ford Edge was making a U-turn when it collided with the southbound Chevy Equinox. The road was listed as dry at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Alcohol was not involved in the crash, and seat belts were in use by both drivers and passengers. Airbags deployed in both vehicles.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4905\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4905\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monticello-Chevy-and-Ford-Collide-on-Hwy-25-300x200.png\" alt=\"Monticello: Chevy and Ford Collide on Hwy 25\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monticello-Chevy-and-Ford-Collide-on-Hwy-25-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monticello-Chevy-and-Ford-Collide-on-Hwy-25-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monticello-Chevy-and-Ford-Collide-on-Hwy-25-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monticello-Chevy-and-Ford-Collide-on-Hwy-25.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monticello: Chevy and Ford Collide on Hwy 25<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Drivers and passengers identified<\/h2>\n<p>The driver of the Chevy Equinox was identified as Daphnee Joy Meyer, 18, of Saint Cloud. The report lists non-life-threatening injuries. She was not transported to a healthcare facility.<\/p>\n<p>Her passenger, 14-year-old Haylen A. Myer of Saint Cloud, also sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The report says she was transported to Monticello Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the Ford Edge was identified as Andy Omar Farromeque Acosta, 44, of Monticello. The report lists non-life-threatening injuries. He was taken to Monticello Hospital.<\/p>\n<h2>Response and safety reminder<\/h2>\n<p>Wright County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Monticello Fire, CentraCare, and Allina Medics assisted at the scene. The incident is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers should always remain cautious when making U-turns, particularly in busy traffic areas like Highway 25.<\/p>\n<p>For road conditions and updates, drivers can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/511mn.org\/\">Minnesota 511<\/a>. Public information is also available from the <a href=\"https:\/\/dps.mn.gov\/divisions\/msp\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Minnesota State Patrol<\/a>. Seat belt safety information can be found at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhtsa.gov\/risky-driving\/seat-belts\">National Highway Traffic Safety Administration<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<h2>Case information<\/h2>\n<p>For more details, contact 320-223-6666 and reference ICR 25604250.<\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wright County (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 Two vehicles collided on Highway 25 near School Blvd in Monticello, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. The crash occurred at 5:09 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 21, 2025, when a 2009 Ford Edge made a U-turn while traveling northbound. A 2013 Chevy Equinox was southbound on Highway 25 at the time.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/monticello-chevy-and-ford-collide-on-hwy-25\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monticello: Chevy and Ford Collide on Hwy 25<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4905,"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","_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":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[16],"tags":[1791,85,5509,3519,993,3504,894,3477,5506,3406,3542,3549,3405,5507,3543,5508],"class_list":["post-4902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accidents","tag-accidents","tag-and","tag-centra-care","tag-chevy","tag-chevy-equinox","tag-collide","tag-ford","tag-ford-edge","tag-highway-25-crash","tag-hwy","tag-monticello","tag-monticello-hospital","tag-non-life-threatening-injury","tag-u-turn-collision","tag-wright-county","tag-wright-county-sheriffs-office","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4902","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=4902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4909,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4902\/revisions\/4909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}