Spring Valley woman injured in Highway 63 crash with semi-truck on Wednesday
Jun. 4—FRANKFORD TOWNSHIP, Minn. — A Spring Valley woman was injured in a crash involving a semi-truck on U.S. Highway 63 south of Racine, Minnesota, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
A 2018 Ford Fusion was westbound on Mower County Road 2 when it collided with a 2022 Volvo VN semi-truck traveling southbound on Highway 63 around 12:09 p.m., according to a Minnesota State Patrol crash report.
The driver of the Ford Fusion, Kassandra Lynn Johnson, 36, of Spring Valley, was transported to Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Marys with non-life threatening injuries.
The driver of the Volvo semi-truck, Emrakh Farkhadinovich Tairov, 27, of Kent, Washington, was not injured.
The Mower County Sheriff's Office, Grand Meadow Police Department, Grand Meadow Fire Department and Mayo Clinic Ambulance also responded to the scene.
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