Woman dies after crashing her pickup on snowy road west of the Twin Cities

The rollover wreck occurred roughly 10 miles northeast of Hutchinson, the State Patrol said.

February 22, 2023 at 1:19PM

A woman crashed her pickup truck on a snowy road west of the Twin Cities and died, officials said Tuesday.

The rollover wreck occurred on Hwy. 7 in Hale Township, roughly 10 miles northeast of Hutchinson, the State Patrol said.

Heather L. Johnson, 39, of nearby Silver Lake, was heading west on Hwy. 7 at about 6:30 p.m. Monday, when her pickup left the road and rolled over, the patrol said. Johnson was declared dead at the scene.

The patrol said Johnson was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.

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