{"id":60878,"date":"2026-10-25T14:28:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T19:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=60878"},"modified":"2026-10-25T14:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T19:28:38","slug":"wanamingo-township-hwy-52-rollover-injures-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wanamingo-township-hwy-52-rollover-injures-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanamingo Township: Hwy 52 Rollover Injures Driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Wanamingo Township: Hwy 52 Rollover Injures Driver<\/h2>\n<p><strong>WANAMINGO TOWNSHIP<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A Minneapolis man was injured when his car rolled off Highway 52 early Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened October 21, 2026, at approximately 2:20 a.m. in Goodhue County.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/app.dps.mn.gov\/MSPMedia2\/IncidentDisplay\/56328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota State Patrol<\/a> placed the rollover near milepost 86, in Wanamingo Township.<\/p>\n<p>Two Minneapolis residents were in the vehicle when it left the road.<\/p>\n<h2>Hyundai Rolled After Entering Ditch<\/h2>\n<p>According to the State Patrol, a 2024 Hyundai Elantra was traveling northbound on Highway 52.<\/p>\n<p>The car entered the ditch and rolled, the agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>Its public description does not explain why the Hyundai left the highway.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators listed dry road conditions during the early-morning crash.<\/p>\n<p>No other vehicles were involved, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The public summary also does not establish whether speed or another driving factor contributed.<\/p>\n<h2>Minneapolis Driver Taken to Rochester Hospital<\/h2>\n<p>Chan Malith, 20, of Minneapolis, was driving the Hyundai.<\/p>\n<p>He suffered injuries classified by the State Patrol as non-life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p>The report lists St. Marys in Rochester as his health care facility.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities did not describe his injuries or provide an updated medical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Malith was wearing a seat belt when the rollover happened, according to investigators.<\/p>\n<p>The Hyundai&#8217;s airbags deployed during the crash.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60879\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60879\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Wanamingo-Township-Hwy-52-Rollover-Injures-Driver.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-60879\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Wanamingo-Township-Hwy-52-Rollover-Injures-Driver-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Wanamingo Township: Hwy 52 Rollover Injures Driver\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Wanamingo-Township-Hwy-52-Rollover-Injures-Driver-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Wanamingo-Township-Hwy-52-Rollover-Injures-Driver-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Wanamingo-Township-Hwy-52-Rollover-Injures-Driver-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Wanamingo-Township-Hwy-52-Rollover-Injures-Driver-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Wanamingo-Township-Hwy-52-Rollover-Injures-Driver.png 1672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wanamingo Township: Hwy 52 Rollover Injures Driver<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Passenger Escaped Injury<\/h2>\n<p>Barjany Gatluak Gatdet, 20, also of Minneapolis, was a passenger in the car.<\/p>\n<p>The State Patrol listed Gatdet as uninjured and reported no hospital destination for her.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said Gatdet was not wearing a seat belt.<\/p>\n<p>The report marked alcohol as suspected in the passenger&#8217;s entry.<\/p>\n<p>That notation does not establish that she was impaired or involved in causing the rollover.<\/p>\n<p>Alcohol was not suspected for Malith, the driver, according to the same report.<\/p>\n<p>The public summary does not provide chemical test results or additional details supporting the passenger notation.<\/p>\n<h2>Emergency Crews Responded<\/h2>\n<p>The Goodhue County Sheriff&#8217;s Office was listed among the agencies assisting at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Zumbrota Ambulance also responded, according to the State Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>The report does not describe how the driver was transported to St. Marys.<\/p>\n<p>It also does not give the duration of any lane closures or traffic delays.<\/p>\n<p>No citations or charges are identified in the available crash summary.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to Find the Official Report<\/h2>\n<p>The State Patrol assigned incident number 26104457 to the Highway 52 rollover.<\/p>\n<p>The case was handled through its Rochester district.<\/p>\n<p>The public report was last updated October 21 at 5:25 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The agency marked the posted information as believed complete.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review the <a href=\"https:\/\/app.dps.mn.gov\/MSPMedia2\/IncidentDisplay\/56328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official incident report<\/a> for the released details.<\/p>\n<p>Other crashes appear through the <a href=\"https:\/\/app.dps.mn.gov\/MSPMedia2\/IncidentSearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State Patrol incident search<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The crash was also covered by <a href=\"https:\/\/krfofm.com\/ixp\/669\/p\/hwy-52-crash-hader-mn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KRFO News<\/a> on October 21.<\/p>\n<p>The Rochester district lists <a href=\"tel:+15079232040\">507-923-2040<\/a> for case information.<\/p>\n<p>The public report does not establish the cause of the rollover.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><small>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 20-year-old Minneapolis driver was injured in a Highway 52 rollover in Wanamingo Township on October 21, 2026. 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