Houston man injured in Highway 76 crash Sunday
May 5—WISCOY TOWNSHIP, Minn. — A Houston man was injured after a single-vehicle crash Sunday, May 4, 2025, in rural Winona County.
A 2017 Buick Envision was northbound on Highway 76 near milepost 33 when it veered off the road, entered the ditch and struck a culvert around 3 p.m., according to a Minnesota State Patrol crash report.
The driver, Travis James Frank, 31, of Houston, Minnesota, was transported to Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Winona County Sheriff's Office, Houston Fire Department, Ridgeway Fire Department and Houston Ambulance also responded to the scene.
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