ORTONVILLE - A 29-year-old woman was airlifted to Sanford Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota, after the van she was driving hit an icy spot on U.S. Highway 12 in Big Stone County and rolled, ejecting her.
Tausha M. Rogers, of Clinton, suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to Fargo following the accident at 12:34 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. She was not wearing a seatbelt, according to the report.
Rogers was driving a 1998 Pontiac transport van westbound on the highway when it hit the icy spot, ran off the right side and rolled.
A passenger, Angela Doren, 46, of Clinton,was transported to the Big Stone Hospital in Ortonville for non-life threatening injuries. The driver’s daughter, also a passenger in the van, Arhlyn Cousineau, 2, of Clinton, escaped injury.
