Northfield Woman Dies in Two-Vehicle Crash

A 74-year-old Northfield woman was killed Thursday night when the car she was driving was struck by a minivan at the intersection of Highway 52 and County Road 9 in Goodhue County.

According to a Minnesota State Patrol media report:

Sharon J. Hull was driving a 2008 Kia Spectra east on County Road 9 at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday when she came upon the intersection. Her vehicle cross the southbound lanes of the divided highway, then was struck broadside in the northbound lanes by a 2003 Mazda van driven by  Anna M. Hauser, 29, of Galesville, WI.

Hull died in the collision, while Hauser received non life-threatening injuries. A 1-year-old child in Hauser’s minivan was not injured.

The highway was wet at the time of the crash, the state patrol said.

The media report is attached to this news post.

Click here to read Hull's death notice.

The Highway 52-County Road 9 intersection is one that Northfield residents who travel east know well. It also is known as one of the most dangerous stretches of highway in Minnesota.

Here is what the Pioneer Press had to say about the intersection:

The Minnesota Department of Transportation considers the intersection, the site of numerous fatal crashes, one of the most dangerous in the state, and local residents have urged officials to make safety improvements.