
State Patrol Investigating Fatal Crash On Hwy 7 In Carver Co., Traffic Delays Expected
The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a fatal crash in Carver County Thursday that's causing traffic delays.
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The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a fatal crash in Carver County Thursday that's causing traffic delays.
A man who was seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash near Hutchinson last week has died.
The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a fatal crash west of the Twin Cities Tuesday evening.
In a tweet, the agency said the crash occurred on Highway 7 at Polk Avenue.
A 49-year-old woman died Monday morning after her SUV collided with a semi on Highway 7 southwest of the Twin Cities metro.
Hundreds were without power and a highway was closed Thursday morning following a crash in the west metro.
Both directions of Highway 7 in Hopkins were closed Sunday evening while the Minnesota State Patrol investigated a three-vehicle crash.
Highway 7 in Carver County will be closed for a "significant length of time" after a semi rollover Wednesday morning.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, it happened at the intersection of Highway 7 and Texas Avenue, near Knollwood Mall.
A major highway in the western Twin Cities has reopened Thursday morning. Highway 7 closed Wednesday morning after a semi carrying a massive tank lost its load in Victoria.
The Minnesota State Patrol says traffic is being rerouted from Highway 7 after a semi carrying a massive tank lost its load in Excelsior Wednesday morning.
A broadside collision between a semi and a sedan in Kandiyohi County early Sunday morning left one driver dead and another seriously injured.
An 81-year-old Hutchinson man died Sunday morning in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 7 just east of Hutchinson, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Authorities responded to the crash at about 9:53 a.m. on Highway 7 in McLeod County.
A three-car accident has caused parts of Highway 7 to close in McLead County early Tuesday morning. According to Minnesota State Patrol, a fatal crash at Dairy Avenue has shut down Highway 7 in both directions in the Lester Prairie area.
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Authorities said a potentially tragic situation involving an erratic driver in the west Twin Cities metro Tuesday ended with the driver being taken into custody. Officers with departments in South Lake Minnetonka, Deephaven and Minnetrista were dispatched on a report of an erratic driver on Highway 7.
There was nothing routine about a routine drive on Highway 7 in Hutchinson Tuesday. The strong wind blew fresh snow up from the ground and in to the air, giving drivers something to worry about.
Officials in northern Minnesota say alcohol played a role in a fatal crash early Thanksgiving morning. The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office says the crash happened at 1:40 a.m. in Alborn Township, which is about 30 miles northwest of Duluth.
Authorities say a tow truck driver had to be hospitalized early Wednesday morning after a crash on Highway 100 in St. Louis Park. Authorities were called at about 1:30 a.m. to the area of Highway 100 and Highway 7 in St. Louis Park after a flatbed tow truck hit a concrete barrier on the right shoulder of Highway 100.
A Minnetonka Police officer collided with another vehicle while on the way to call early Saturday morning. The officer was headed south on Hopkins Crossroad and was making a left turn east to Highway 7 at about midnight, according to police.
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The Minnesota State Patrol is on the scene of a fatal crash west of the Twin Cities Tuesday morning. Authorities were called to the area of Highway 7 and Highway 22, which is just east of Hutchinson, at about 5:33 a .m. on a report of a head-on crash involving two vehicles.
Authorities are investigating a crash between a pick-up truck and a semi Sunday night in Kandiyohi County that killed one person and injured several others, including two children.
A Litchfield woman says she thought she was going to drown after her truck plunged off an icy road and into a drainage ditch Tuesday. Debra Decker was driving on Highway 7 just west of Hutchinson about at around 5 p.m. when her truck landed on its roof -- leaving Decker hanging upside down.
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Authorities say the shooting happened Wednesday evening in the Payne - Phalen neighborhood.