ROCHESTER, Minn. – Two drivers from Fillmore County, both with children aboard, five in all, collided in U. S. Highway 52 south of the Interstate 90 interchange. Everybody was taken to a Rochester hospital less than 10 miles away. None of the injuries seemed critical, deputies said. The impact, however, was severe enough for airbags in both vehicle to inflate. The accident was about 3:55 p.m. Deputies said a 2018 Ford Explorer driven by Dena Marie Mathison, 39, of Preston, collided with a 2013 Ford Flex driven by Robin Kaye Vogen, 52, of Chatfield. Mathison was southbound, Vogen a northbound.
In the Vogen vehicle, all to a Rochester hospital with non-life threatening injuries:
> Sonja Marie Vogen, 37, of Chatfield,
> Jessica Sue Vogen, 35, of Chatfield.
> Jaden Lee Busker, 7, of Chatfield.
> Jakob Peter Busker, 3, of Chatfield.
In the Mathison vehicle, all also to a Rochester hospital with non-life threatening injuries:
> Maverick Floyd Mathison, 7, of Preston.
> Porter Lionel Mathison, 9, of Preston.
> Scarlett Lorraine Mathison, 5, of Preston.