PINE ISLAND, Minn. — A Goodhue County sheriff’s deputy was injured when a car smashed into his patrol vehicle parked on the shoulder. The deputy, Kainen Alexander Whitehead, 29, of Kenyon, was taken 16 miles to a Rochester hospital. His injuries appeared sustainable to first-responders. The accident was about 6:45 p.m. in the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 52 near the Pine Island exit. Whitehead’s patrol vehicle was a 2025 Ford Explorer. The other driver’s name wasn’t released immediately, but he was known to be 31 years old and from Rochester. He was driving a 2010 Nissan Altima.
