2 injured in Stewartville crash on Highway 63
HIGH FOREST TOWNSHIP, Minn. -- Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 63 near Stewartville on Thursday, Jan.
11, 2024. A 2011 Buick Lucerne and 2014 Chevrolet Equinox were traveling south on Highway 63 when the vehicles collided near Ninth Street Southeast, according to a Minnesota State Patrol crash report.
The driver of the Buick, Ervin Hans Schmidt, 81, of Stewartville had non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the Chevrolet, Caryl Lee Sharp, 84, of Spring Valley also had non-life threatening injuries. Both were transported to Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Marys.
The road was wet following snow overnight Wednesday and into Thursday morning, according to the report. The Olmsted County Sheriff's Office, Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service and Stewartville Fire Department also responded to the crash.
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