
Semi truck fire causes significant delays on I-35 near Elko New Market
A semi-truck caught fire early Saturday afternoon on I-35 near Elko New Market, causing significant traffic delays as crews clear the scene.
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A semi-truck caught fire early Saturday afternoon on I-35 near Elko New Market, causing significant traffic delays as crews clear the scene.
The Scott County Sheriff's Office says a Freightliner was traveling northbound on Highway 169 when it hit multiple vehicles that were stopped for a red light from behind.
They were able to rescue the driver who was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Now they want to make sure there's no fuel leaking, while they work on getting the truck out of there.
Authorities in Stearns County say a semi-truck driver sustained minor injuries after a crash in Eden Lake Township Tuesday.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has opened Interstate 94 going eastbound after a semi-truck caught fire and shut the highway down Monday afternoon.
The police report indicates that alcohol was involved in the crash.
Katie Burkey, 22, was killed in a crash on Highway 169 last September when her car was rear-ended by a semi-truck driven by a 60-year-old man from North Branch.
Authorities say two lanes of northbound Interstate 35W are closed Tuesday afternoon after a semi-truck got stuck on a freeway wall.
A 70-year-old driver was killed after they pulled out in front of a semi truck in Stearns County, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. The crash happened Thursday afternoon along County Road 67 at about 5:30 p.m.
Authorities say a 56-year-old semi-truck driver was injured at an Adams County railroad crossing when his cab was struck by a train. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says David Pastoors of Olivia, Minnesota, was driving the semi-truck north on a gravel township road just before 4 p.m. Tuesday.
A stalled semi-truck on Interstate 494 caused a traffic nightmare for dozens of commuters in the west metro Friday evening. The snarl happened at about 6:45 p.m. on southbound I-494 at Highway 55 in Plymouth, and stretched all the way up through Maple Grove to the I-94/I-494 split.
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One person is dead after colliding with a semi-truck, head-on in Yellow Medicine County Friday morning.
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Two teenage girls were injured when a semi-truck collided with a car on Thursday afternoon in Pierce County. According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Office, around 4:22 p.m. officers responded to a call of a semi-truck and car crash on U.S. Highway 10 near the intersection of County Road U.
Interstate 35W in Roseville has reopened Thursday morning. The State Patrol closed both the northbound and southbound lanes between Highway 36 and County Road C.
One person is dead after a head-on crash in Wabasha County Wednesday afternoon. According to the police report, around 4 p.m. a driver of a Ford F150 was traveling southbound on Highway 61 when it collided with a semi-truck traveling northbound.
A semi truck accident in Pipestone County left one person dead early Friday morning. According to the accident report, around 6:20 a.m. a semi-truck and Audi A6 collided on Highway 30 near 180th Avenue.
Two people are dead after a multi-vehicle crash Friday night in Goodhue County. The Minnesota State Patrol says the accident happened around 8:30 p.m. just north of Zumbrota on Highway 52.
Authorities have identified the 44-year-old driver who died in a multivehicle crash caused by icy road conditions on Interstate 94 in central Minnesota. The Minnesota State Patrol says Holly Hoglund Klein of Maple Grove was killed after a semitrailer struck several vehicles, which then struck other cars.
An overturned semi-truck closed on westbound Interstate 94 closed the road at I-35W Tuesday evening.
A semi-truck carrying "an explosive agent" crashed into a car in Cass County on Tuesday. The driver of the car, Pearl Bisson, 86, of Cass Lake, Minnesota, was seriously injured.
A 47-year-old man has died after being struck on Interstate 35W Monday morning. Robert Passow, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, died Monday after being hit while standing outside of his semi-truck. According to the accident report, around 6:05 a.m. a minor crash occurred between a semi-truck and a car on I-35W north near Park Avenue.
One person was injured after a semi-truck rolled over in Beltrami County Thursday evening. According to the accident report, around 8 p.m. a semi-truck carrying logs was traveling westbound on U.S. Highway 2 just west of Bemidji when it swerved to avoid a vehicle that pulled out in front of it.
One man is dead and one woman is seriously injured after a Ford F150 truck collided head-on with a semi on a Rice County road Friday afternoon. The Minnesota State Patrol says the fatal crash happened at about 2:40 p.m. on Highway 19 and Decker Avenue in Northfield.
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