Winona woman killed in rollover crash

The crash Tuesday killed 75-year-old Esther Viola Waas.

November 25, 2021 at 9:41PM

A 75-year-old Winona woman has died after her car hit a vehicle on the side of the road and rolled over.

Esther Viola Waaswas traveling southbound on Hwy. 61 north of Winona just after 11 p.m. Tuesday when she struck the unoccupied vehicle stalled on the highway's shoulder, according to the State Patrol. Her vehicle then went off the road and overturned.

Goodview Police, the Winona County Sheriff's Office and other agencies responded to the crash. According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, more than 400 people have died on state roads so far this year, more than this time in 2020.

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