PINE ISLAND, Minn. – A Rochester woman was injured fatally in a six-vehicle chain-reaction pile-up on Highway 52 two miles north of Pine Island. The Minnesota State Patrol said Bonita Kay Sawyer, 65, of Rochester, died in the crash. A passenger, Debra Bieber, 67, of Rochester, suffered significant injuries. The accident was about 9:15 a.m. Road conditions were wet, officers said. Involved were three 18-wheel rigs and three lesser vehicles. All were northbound toward Oronoco. Details:
> Christopher Blaire Huffine, 59, Lenoir City, Tennessee, driver of a 2020 Freightliner truck and semi-trailer. who was unhurt, and a passenger, Steven Christopher Harold, 48, f Rockford, Tennessee, also unhurt.
> Barre Mohammed Ahmed, 71, of St. Paul, in a 1996 Freightliner truck and semi-trailer, who was taken to a Rochester hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
> Dale Merle Vandezande, 45, of Rochester, who was driving a 2007 Volvo truck and semi-trailer, who was unhurt.
> Merl Owen Groteboer, 78, of Rochester, who was driving a 2020 Cadillac CTS, who was unhurt, and a passenger, Daniel Earl Berndt, 75, of Rochester,who was unhurt.
> Dorothy Mark Full, 6o, of Blaine, who as driving a 2018 Honda Pilot, who was unhurt, and a passenger, Mary Kay Full, 62, of Blaine, who also was unhurt, and second passenger, Renee Ann Full, 28, of Blaine, who also was unhurt.
> Debra Jane Bieber, 67, of Rochester, who was driving a 2010 Honda Accord, who was taken to a Rochester hospital with life-threatening injuries, and a passenger, Bonita Kay Sawyer , 65, of Rochester, who died.
Traffic snarled. Highway 52 between Pine Island and Oronoco.