LANESBORO, Minn. — A van carrying nine people, most in their 60s, and a car crashed near Lanesboro. Two people in the van were taken 50 miles to a Rochester hospital with seemingly sustainable injuries, said Fillmore County deputies. The accident was three milles west of Lanesboro about 9:45 p.m. on a narrow and steep section of State Highway 16.with sharp turns and no shouders The 2019 Ford Transit Van was eastbound toward Houston. The other vehicle, a 2011 Chrysler 200, was headed west. The Chrysler driver, a recently licensed 16-year-old girl, was unhurt. Everyone in both vehicles was belted, deputies said. All airbags deployed. In the van:
> Thomas Stanley Kaase, 66, of Preston, the van driver, uninjured.
> Patti Lu Foster, 65, of Lancaster, Wisconsin, uninjured.
> Kathryn Ann Hesse, 65, of Burnsville, Minnesota, uninjured.
> Shelly Ledria Jordan, 54, of Ankeny, Iowa, to hospital.
> Rose Marie Miller, 65, of Westside, Iowa, to hospital.
> Karen Sue Nieland, 68, of Carroll, Iowa, uninjured.
> Sandra Marie Obrecht, 71, also of Carroll, uninjured.
> Carolyn Sue Sander, 57, also of Carroll, uninjured
> Lori Ann Schott, 65, of Tipton, Iowa, uninjured.