Woman, 22, injured in Winona County crash

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By Nora Eckert

August 29, 2021 09:49 AM

A 22-year-old La Crosse, Wis., resident was injured Saturday afternoon after her car struck a guardrail and rolled off of Interstate 90 in New Hartford Township in Winona County.

Amanda Vera Lewis was driving her 2006 Chevy Impala eastbound when it left the roadway. The road conditions were dry at the time, according to the Minnesota State Patrol crash report.

Lewis was taken to Gundersen Lutheran Medical Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The Winona County Sherriff's Office and Dakota Fire Department responded to the scene just after 4 p.m. Saturday.

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By Nora Eckert

Nora Eckert has previously worked with NPR, The Associated Press and The Wall Street Journal. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and undergraduate degree from St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wis. She’s 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.

Woman, 22, injured in Winona County crash

Amanda Lewis was driving eastbound on Interstate 90 when her car left the roadway, struck a guardrail and rolled off the interstate.