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Rochester woman dies in single-car crash on I-35E in downtown St. Paul

Woman lost control while changing lanes and hit the median wall, the State Patrol said.

December 31, 2022 at 9:38PM
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A Rochester woman died after a single-car accident on Interstate 35E in downtown St. Paul on Friday night.

Qushawna Pugh, 31, was southbound on I-35E at I-94 before 8 p.m. Friday when she made a sudden lane change and lost control of her compact car, striking the median wall, the Minnesota State Patrol said. She was taken to a nearby hospital, where she died, the patrol said.

Pugh was wearing a seat belt and her air bag deployed, the patrol said; it was unknown whether alcohol was involved. The road was dry.

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