UPDATED: Two Serious Crashes Under Investigation in Dakota County, One Confirmed Fatal
UPDATE - 10 AM on June 30, 2025 - RANDOLPH, MN CRASH: According to the crash report from the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office, this crash involved two vehicles, a 2012 Suzuki SX4 passenger vehicle and a 2000 Kenworth “construction” tanker. The crash report states that the driver of the Kenworth, a 69-year-old male, witnessed the Suzuki, driven by a 66-year-old female, fail to stop at the stop sign at the end of the ramp for southbound Highway 52 at 280th Street E without slowing down as they were going westbound on 280th Street. When the driver said the car was failing to stop at the stop sign, he applied the brakes in an attempt to slow the truck down. The front end of the truck struck the driver’s side of the Suzuki.
The crash report states that an additional witness reported a similar story, estimating that the passenger vehicle was traveling roughly 20-30 mph when it went through the stop sign without stopping.
The crash report confirms that two out of three people in the passenger vehicle sustained serious injuries as a result of the crash. The driver of the vehicle was transported via EMS ground, and the second victim, a child, was transported via air ambulance.
Crash diagram from the crash report from the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office.
Provided photograph of the crash scene from the Randolph Township crash.
ORIGINAL STORY - DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA – Emergency responders were dispatched to two separate serious traffic crashes in Dakota County on Tuesday afternoon, June 10, 2025, one of which has been confirmed as fatal.
The first incident occurred around 1:06 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 52 Northbound and County Road 86 in Randolph Township, Minnesota. According to officials with the Dakota County Sheriff, the crash involved a T-bone collision between a truck and a passenger vehicle. Multiple agencies, including the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office, Cannon Falls Medics, Randolph-Hampton Fire Department, and Cannon Falls Police, all responded to the scene. At least two people in the passenger vehicle were injured. The extent of their injuries has not yet been released. It is currently unknown whether the truck driver sustained any injuries. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
The update on this crash can be found above.
Rough location of the serious crash in Randolph Township, Minnesota.
Later in the afternoon, at approximately 2:45 p.m., emergency crews were called to another serious crash in the area of 200th Street East and just east of Biscayne Avenue in the City of Empire. The Dakota County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that this crash involved a semi-truck and a pedestrian, resulting in one fatality. Emergency responders from the Farmington Fire Department, Allina Health, the Minnesota State Patrol, and the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office all assisted at the scene. A medical helicopter was initially dispatched but was later canceled.
Both crashes are being actively investigated by the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office, with the Minnesota State Patrol assisting with crash reconstruction in the City of Empire crash. The Dakota County Sheriff’s Office has not yet released any additional details.
More information will be provided as it becomes available.
Written by: Will Wight
