Rochester police investigating hit and run crash leaving two injured

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Rochester police, fire and Mayo Clinic Ambulance were on the scene of a hit and run crash late Tuesday night.

According to the Rochester Police Department, it happened around 10:45 p.m. at the intersection of 55th Street and Bandel Road NW in Rochester.

Two men from Rochester, a 37-year-old driver and 18-year-old passenger, were headed south in an Acura R-D-X on Bandel Road at the time of the accident. The pair was waiting to turn left onto 55th Street Northwest when someone drove across the intersection and hit them head-on.

That driver fled the scene. Police have no vehicle description.

Both people in the Acura were transported to Mayo Clinic Saint Marys for non-life threatening injuries.

The crash is under investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Rochester Police Department or Crime Stoppers. People can provide information anonymously.