ROCHESTER, Minn. – A semi-truck went into the median on Highway 52 southeast of Rochester and burst into flames. The driver wasn’t hurt seriously, No other vehicles were involved. This was about 6 a.m. between County Road 1 and the Marion Road overpass. The truck was hauling food south out of Rochester. Other southbound traffic was detoured to northbound lanes while firefighters extinguished the blaze
Troubled patch. The four-lane Highway 52 section from Interstate 90 into Rochester has more than its share of accidents.