Vehicle drives wrong way slowly on I-90 frontage road, Austin MN

Traffic

Reported: 10/29/2025 05:21 PM

I-90, Austin, MN

A vehicle was reported driving the wrong way slowly on the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 near 12th Street in Austin, Minnesota. The driver was moving slowly on the frontage road on 15th Avenue Northwest and nearly caused a collision.

Audio|Source: Austin Combined (Law / Fire / EMS)

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Transcript:

00:00

2130 cars for a wrongway driver, same location. Eastbound on the westbound of highway Interstate 90 from near 12th Street. It's going to be a great car going well under speed, almost hit RP.

00:11

133 station.

00:13

This is 6.05.

00:14

133. Go ahead, 605.

00:18

Please, please remove 3547 from the crew.

00:22

They just have a wrong way, uh, near 12th Street, 99.

00:25

I believe it's going to be 14th Street.

00:27

I'm right in the area if you can get info, maybe.

00:30

And Rochester 661 update. It sounds like there might be some confusion here. Our team might be on a frontage road where this wrong way driver was.

00:39

I'll let the county know.

00:41

Yep, good night. Thanks for your help.

00:44

You can go ahead and kill it.

00:46

Tempor.

00:48

Copy.

00:50

Tempor,

00:51

I did hear something about Rochester. I'll call them and double check. Copy. I'm just getting on 990, 14th Street now.

00:58

I'll be eastbound.

01:00

Super.

01:01

See tomorrow, Rissy.

01:03

Go from hour.

01:05

A report of a wrongway driver, we thought it was on 90, but it looks like it's plotting on that 15th Avenue, northwest frontage roadway there.

01:13

Eastbound in the westbound from near 12th Street on 15th Ave, a great car going super slow.

01:20

Kirby.

01:22

133. It's going to be on the frontage road on 15th Ave northwest.

01:27

Grace today and going slow.

01:29

They must have turned or something because I don't see anything on the frontage road.

01:34

Super.

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