
Semi's blown tire causes fatal crash on I-35 in southern Minnesota
The state patrol said a 45-year-old Wisconsin man driving a semi lost control after his tire blew. The truck crossed the median and hit a pickup truck on the northbound side.
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The state patrol said a 45-year-old Wisconsin man driving a semi lost control after his tire blew. The truck crossed the median and hit a pickup truck on the northbound side.
Traffic camera video shows a semi truck slamming into an abandoned pickup Wednesday morning on Interstate 35 near Forest Lake.
A man accused of hitting two tow truck employees on a highway in southern Minnesota was turned in to police by his father, charges state.
The Minnesota State Patrol is searching for a driver the agency says hit wo people on a stretch of highway in southern Minnesota early Monday morning.
No one else was involved in the crash, according to the state patrol.
Shortly before 1 p.m., police said lanes were being reopened, but delays were likely.
The State Patrol says the driver of a Ford Fusion was going the wrong way in the northbound lanes when it hit another car head on. The Ford rolled over on its roof, but the driver was able to get out and ran into the southbound lanes of traffic.
State patrol has yet to identify the man. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
A Minnesota State Patrol trooper was taken to the hospital after their squad car was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 35 near Faribault.
A semi truck fire has completely closed a stretch of southbound Interstate 35 near Minnesota's border with Iowa Tuesday afternoon.
A large presence of emergency responders are on the scene of a crash along Interstate 35 in Lakeville Thursday.
"Master Sgt. Greiner quietly and effectively got the job done," Chief Master Sgt. Doug Ion said.
The Minnesota State Patrol says one person is dead and two others are fighting for their lives after a crash north of the Twin Cities.
A stretch of Interstate 35 southbound near Elko New Market has reopened Monday afternoon. It was closed earlier due to a jackknifed semi trailer.
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A detour has been put into place while crews work to clear the lanes. Crews believe the stretch should be open again by noon.
One person is dead after a crash Wednesday evening near Elko New Market, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
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State troopers says a woman was hospitalized Monday after a semi ran over her foot as she tried to retrieve a sandal on Interstate 35.
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