Northfield Man Involved In 4-Car Crash On Highway 52

DAKOTA COUNTY, MN — A Northfield man was involved in a four-car crash on northbound Highway 52 in Vermillion Township last week. The collision left two people injured. The Minnesota State Patrol says a Rosemount man caused the crash and is suspected of being impaired by drugs.

On Oct. 20 just after 7 p.m., authorities say a 1996 Ford pickup pulling a trailer struck a 2011 Infinity, which then struck a 2015 Subaru Outback. The Outback hit another 2015 Subaru, being driven by Northfield resident Mason Paul Lindenfelser, 20.

All four cars were in the left lane. Traffic had stopped because of a lane merge up ahead.

The driver of the Ford pickup, Marshall Anthony Knoll, 58, of Rosemount, never hit the brakes before the crash, troopers said.

Both occupants of the Infinity suffered non-life threatening injuries and were transported to Regions Hospital in Saint Paul.

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