Motorist killed, teen injured in crash on Highway 169 in Shakopee, Minnesota State Patrol says
A driver is dead and a teen was taken to the hospital after a three-vehicle crash on Highway 169 in Shakopee, Minnesota, on Monday morning,
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a motorist in a Ford Taurus was driving northbound on the highway when the vehicle left the roadway and went through the center median. It then collided with the trailer of a Peterbilt semitruck and a Ford F-150 traveling southbound.
The state agency said the Taurus driver, whose identity wasn't immediately known, died at the scene. An 18-year-old man driving the F-150 was taken to the hospital for "suspected injuries," according to officials, and the semitruck driver was uninjured.
Troopers responded at 7:56 a.m. to the crash, which police said closed three lanes of the highway on Monday morning.
The law enforcement agency is investigating the incident.
