Texas man injured in one-vehicle, rollover-type accident on Interstate 90 in Mower County Thursday evening

A Texas man was injured in a one-vehicle, rollover-type accident on Interstate 90 in Mower County last Thursday evening.

The Minnesota State Patrol reported that a 2016 Peterbuilt tractor being driven by 37-year old Rueben Matthew Martinez of San Antonio, Texas was westbound on I-90 at approximately 7:24 p.m. last Thursday evening when his vehicle left the snow and ice-covered road and rolled near milepost 195 in Grand Meadow Township.  

Martinez suffered non-life threatening injuries in the accident, and he was transported to Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Austin for treatment.  The State Patrol reported that Martinez was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the accident, and the Mower County Sheriff’s Office assisted the State Patrol at the accident scene last Thursday evening.