16-04-2025
Update: Minnesota Highway 42 reopens following semi, pickup truck crash near Plainview
Apr. 15—HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP, Minn. — One person was injured in a semi, pickup truck crash on Minnesota Highway 42 near Plainview on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
The driver of a 2020 Dodge Ram 1500 was traveling east on Wabasha County Road 14 and a 2010 Peterbilt 384 semi tractor-trailer was traveling north on Highway 42 when the vehicles collided in the intersection around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to a Minnesota State Patrol crash report.
The driver of the semi, 46-year-old Jeremiah Otto Leonhardt, of Kellogg, had non-life threatening injuries. He was transported to Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Marys. Leonhardt was not wearing a seat belt, the report said.
The driver of the Ram, 33-year-old Timothy David Vanbrunt of Theilman, Minnesota, was not injured in the crash, according to the report.
Minnesota Highway 42 was closed in both directions as emergency crews worked on the scene. The highway from 590th Street to County Road 14 reopened around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
The Minnesota State Patrol, Wabasha County Sheriff's Office, Plainview Police Department, Wabasha Police Department, Plainview Fire Department and Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service responded to the crash.
