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State Patrol: Bloomington man killed in crash near MSP Airport

WCCO digital headlines: Afternoon of Oct. 12, 2022
WCCO digital headlines: Afternoon of Oct. 12, 2022 01:54

ST. PAUL, Minn. – An 82-year-old Bloomington man is dead following a crash Wednesday evening near the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened at about 6:13 p.m. on Highway 5 at Post Road, near Terminal 1.

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The victim's SUV was heading westbound on the highway when it went off the road and hit "the interior of a bridge."

That stretch of Highway 5 was closed for hours for crash reconstruction. The man's identity has not been released.

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