Two vehicle rollovers reported during snowy holiday weekend
MARSHALL — Snowy weather blew across southwest Minnesota over the weekend, and affected driving conditions in the region.
Two different crashes Sunday night and Monday morning both happened in snowy and icy road conditions.
The Renville County Sheriff’s Office reported a one-vehicle rollover around 9:30 p.m. Sunday on U.S. Highway 71 near Morton. Maryan Ali, 19, of Marshall, had to be extricated from her vehicle, which had rolled onto its roof, a press release from the Sheriff’s Office said.
Ali was taken to Carris Health – Redwood Hospital to be treated for her injuries.
The crash is under investigation by the Renville County Sheriff’s Office.
Later on Monday morning, a motorist from Manassas, Virginia, was injured in another rollover crash in Lincoln County. The crash was reported at 9:12 a.m. in Verdi Township, west of Lake Benton.
A 2005 Nissan driven by Lusvinia Yessal Vargas, 30, was westbound on U.S. Highway 14 when it left the roadway and rolled, the Minnesota State Patrol said. Road conditions were snowy and icy at the time of the crash, the State Patrol said.
Vargas was taken to Avera Tyler Medical Center with non life-threatening injuries, the State Patrol said.
Snow blew into the Marshall area on Sunday afternoon and evening. Marshall received around 1.5 inches of snow, although snowfall amounts were deeper to the west and north.
According to the National Weather Service, anywhere from 2 to 4 inches of snow fell across Lincoln and Yellow Medicine counties.
More snow and cold is on the way this week, according to the National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls. Less than half an inch of new snowfall was forecast for Marshall today, with wind gusts as high as 25 miles per hour. A slight chance of snow is forecast on Thursday.
The National Weather Service said a storm system bringing more snow and bitterly cold air will be coming through parts of the central U.S. over the weekend. However, there weren’t a lot of details in the forecast yet on Monday.
Nighttime wind chills may drop as low as 20 to 35 degrees below zero over the weekend, the National Weather Service said.




