SPRING VALLEY, Minn. — A St. Paul man was injured critically when his vehicle and a semi-trailer truck collided south of Spring Valley. Winston Derryl Parson, 48, was rushed 35 miles to a Rochester hospital. His condition was described as life-threatening. The accident was about 4:25 a.m. on U.S. Highway 63 at County and 14. The State Patrol said that Parson, in a 2015 Chevrolet Equinox, was not wearing a seat belt. The truck driver, Jerry Lee Nagel, 63, of Cresco, Iowa, was unhurt. Nagel was headed north toward Spring Valley in a 2018 Freightliner, and Parson south toward the Iowa border, police said. Pavement was dry.
