ROCHESTER, Minn. – A vehicle slowing to turn off U.S. Highway 14 was struck in the rear by another vehicle, injuring two people. This was about 7”50 a.m. at the 40th Avenue Southeast intersection on the heavily traveled Winona-Rochester route. The driver of the turning car, Megan Kristine Ellinghuysen, 26, of Rochester, was unhurt. She was in a 2017 Dodge Grand Caravan. A passenger, Jayden Randal Nyugen, 18, of Rochester, was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The other driver, Derek John Obrien, 28, of Pine Island, was also taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. He was in a 2007 Pontiac G5. The crash was just west of where two-lane U.S. 14 becomes four lanes.
