1 killed, 2 injured in southeast Minnesota crash

By Nora Eckert

September 26, 2021 at 1:08 PM

GOODHUE COUNTY, Minn. 鈥� One person died and two were injured after a single-vehicle crash in Goodhue County at 3:37 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 25.

Passenger Ashley Gomez, 29, died after the Jeep she traveled in rolled off of Highway 57 while traveling southbound. Gomez wasn't wearing a seat belt.

Driver Maria Ramirez, 33, and passenger Ciriaco Bautista, 32, were transferred to Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Marys Campus with injuries that weren't life-threatening. Both were wearing a seat belt.

The driver and passengers were from Texas, according to the Minnesota State Patrol crash report.

By Nora Eckert

Nora Eckert has previously worked with NPR, The Associated Press and The Wall Street Journal. She holds a master鈥檚 degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and undergraduate degree from St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wis. She鈥檚 reported on national investigations into jail suicides, how climate change disproportionately affects the urban poor, the spread of coronavirus in nursing homes and the race for artificial blood. She joined the Post Bulletin team in January 2021 as their investigative reporter.

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1 killed, 2 injured in southeast Minnesota crash

The passenger who died in this single-vehicle crash was not wearing a seatbelt.