Driver crashes pickup in southern Minnesota and dies

The wreck occurred Thursday night about 17 miles south of Rochester.

December 22, 2023 at 4:09PM

A woman crashed her pickup truck in southern Minnesota and died, officials said Friday.

The wreck occurred about 9:30 p.m. Thursday about 17 miles south of Rochester on County Road 4 in Sumner Township, the Fillmore County Sheriff's Office said.

The driver, 27-year-old Jessica Nicole Aspenwall, of nearby Wykoff, was dead at the scene, the Sheriff's Office said.

Aspenwall was heading west on County Road 4, went off the road and crashed, according to the Sheriff's Office.

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