SPRING VALLEY, Minn. – A three-vehicle pile-up west of Spring Valley sent a Lyle woman 30 miles to a Rochester hospital. Injuries to Tasha Marie Block, 30, were non-life threatening, said Fillmore County deputies. The accident was about 2:25 p.m. on U.S. Highway 16 at Mower-Fillmore Road. 2002. Deputies described this sequence:

> A 2019 Chevrolet Express van driven by Kenneth William Mcbride, 33, of Rochester, was waiting to make a left turn onto Mower-Fillmore Road.

> A 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Tyler John Kloeckner, 29, of Adams, struck Kloeckner’s vehicle from the rear.

> McBride’s van collided with an oncoming 2015 Ford Explorer driven by Tasha Marie Block, 30, of Lyle,

Kloeckner and McBride were unhurt.