Hannah Mickelsen of Kenyon was involved in a car crash with a snowplow on County Road 24 east of West Concord on Thursday February 6th about 7am. The roadway was icy and a light snowfall had accumulated overnight. The Dodge County Sheriff Department reports that a feed truck had slid into the ditch and a Dodge County snowplow truck had stopped at the scene and parked with flashing lights to assist with traffic control. Shortly afterward the Mickelsen vehicle approached and tried to avoid colliding with the snowplow but slid on the icy road and the driver’s side of her Buick smashed into the rear of the snowplow and spun into the ditch. The West Concord Fire Department responded to the accident. She was extricated from the vehicle and airlifted by Mayo One to St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester with serous injuries. The semi-truck driver and snowplow operator were not injured.
Hannah grew up in Cambridge, Minnesota and moved to Kenyon with her family in 2012. She graduated in 2018 and attended North Central University in Minneapolis. She played college volleyball and graduated from NCU with a bachelor in Elementary Education. Hannah met her husband Luke in college and they were married in April of 2023. Hannah is a seventh-grade math teacher at Kasson-Mantorville School.
Hannah has multiple injuries including a fracture in her beck (C6), a few fractured ribs, fractured sternum, a clean break on her left arm near the elbow and small fractures throughout it. Her pelvis is fractured on both sides with the left side being the worst. She will be non-weight bearing for up to 12 weeks. She is left hand dominate and is unable to use her left arm and will be wheel chair bound requiring rigorous therapy to be able to walk again.
They do not plan to have a fund raiser but have the GoFundMe at Rally for Hannah's Healing Journey. Hannah welcomes visitors and loves the company of her friends, family and family to keep her spirits up.
