Two from Austin injured in Friday crash

Published 8:05 pm Tuesday, February 18, 2025

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A pair from Austin were injured and sent to the hospital Friday afternoon after the vehicle they were riding in lost control in Freeborn County while traveling on Interstate 90.

According to a Minnesota State Patrol, Jasmine Lee Flink Whelan, 27, the driver of the 2004 Ford Explorer, and passenger Daisy Raven Whelan, 24, were transported to Mayo Clinic Health System-Albert Lea with non-life threatening injuries.

A third passenger, an unidentified child, was not injured.

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The accident took place at around 4:22 p.m. on Friday afternoon at milepost 173 in Oakland Township when the Explorer, while the vehicle was traveling westbound on I-90 when lost control and rolled.

The report states that roads were snow/ice covered.