Austin man injured in one-vehicle accident on westbound I-90 in Mower County Thursday morning

An Austin man was injured in a one-vehicle, rollover-type accident on westbound Interstate 90 in Austin Township in Mower County early Thursday morning.

The Minnesota State Patrol reported that a 2002 Jeep Liberty being driven by 33-year old Reynaldo Avalos Andrade of Austin was traveling westbound on I-90 at approximately 6:50 a.m. Thursday morning when his vehicle left the roadway and rolled several times near milepost 175.  

Andrade suffered non-life threatening injuries, and he was transported to Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Austin for treatment.  The State Patrol reported that road conditions were wet at the time of the accident, and they added that Andrade was wearing his seatbelt.

The Mower County Sheriff’s Office and Mayo Ambulance assisted the State Patrol at the accident scene early Thursday morning.