WINONA, Minn. – Two Wisconsin drivers were taken to the Winona hospital after a head-on collision on the low bridge on the Wisconsin side across the Mississippi River from Winona beyond the interstate bridge. Without explanation Buffalo County Sheriff Michael Osmond declined to release the victims’ names. Sources said they were a 36-year-old Trempealeau woman and an 18-year-old Union Grove woman. The injuries were described as minor. The accident was about 7:30 p.m. One driver lost control, overcorrected, and hit the oncoming vehicle, sources said. The bridge –- the only Mississippi crossing in 30 miles either direction — was closed two hours.
Bridge access closed. Weather and speed appeared to be factors. Image: Buffalo County sheriff