Minnesota updates in category: Automobile Accidents

Late last week a young boy was killed on Highway 10 in St Cloud Minnesota. The boy was being pulled by a bicycle. He was in a bike trailer at the time. Apparently while trying to cross the highway...

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Like other states, Minnesota continues to look at ways to prevent and deal with people who drive under the influence of Drugs and Alcohol. One idea was to create DUI courts that were designated for...

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On Thursday August 29th there was an accident at 2pm at the corner of 8th St and 9th Ave S in St Cloud, Minnesota. One car rear ended another. The front car driver said she slowed down for a...

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Thursday in the 3900 block of Third Street North. a 13 year old on a bike was hit by a car. Hopefully he will recover quickly. It brings to mind that we should all be watching for bicyclists,...

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Allstate Insurance Company toped the list of the "Worst Insurance Companies in America" in a report released by the American Association for Justice. Allstate earned their ranking, using a...

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A woman is in serious condition after driving her vehicle into Fish Lake; her child was also in the car at the time of the accident. It appears the mother was incoherent from her medication,...

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A 30-year-old man from Ham Lake was killed with the car he was riding in crashed into a parked vehicle. The car accident happened early Saturday morning in Oak Grove. There were four people in the...

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A 26-year-old woman from Minneapolis was killed in a car accident on Friday night. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other car was also injured and taken to a local hospital...

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Car accidents were avoided, but police are still searching for a man who threw a woman into oncoming traffic on Highway I-69 Monday night in an extreme case of road rage. Jennifer Boulden made a legal U-turn on Interstate 69 near Shakopee when she missed her exit. The truck driving fast behind her motioned for her to pull over. She did and the driver got out of his truck and started yelling...

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Two people were injured in a late night car accident in Minneapolis on Wednesday evening. Two cars were traveling on Interstate 394, with one driver going the wrong way in the eastbound lanes. They collided head-on and both drivers were injured. Minnesota State Patrol Lt. Mark Peterson said investigators smelled alcohol on the breath of the wrong way driver."Troopers when they were...

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At least 8 people were killed in car accidents that can be blamed on the winter snowstorm over last weekend. The winter storm caused dangerous and icy conditions that made driving hazardous. The accidents happened all over the state of Minnesota. Two people were killed in a car accident on Monday on Interstate 90 near Austin. They were among at last eight people killed in accidents that...

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On Monday, October 29, a train derailed and spilled hydrochloric acid in Clara City, Minnesota. Hundreds of residents had to be evacuated and many schools had to be closed. The train struck another train that was parked at about 4 a.m., and at least one car leaked hydrochloric acid, a Chippewa County sheriff's dispatcher said. Burlington Northern Santa Fe representative Steve Forsberg said an...

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A Head Start schoolbus carrying preschoolers was hit by a car at in intersection in Minneapolis. The schoolbus accident happened on Tuesday morning. Six people were hurt in the accident, including three children. They were all taken to a local hospital for their injuries. Police said that the bus had seat belts and that the kids were wearing them.According to police, an Oldsmobile traveling...

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After a week of searching for victims from the Minneapolis bridge collapse, rescue coordinators have decided to bring in Navy and FBI divers. The local teams have not found the remaining eight people that are missing and believed to be dead, mainly due to very unstable debris and wreckage. In addition to those missing, five people have been confirmed dead and five others are still in hospitals...

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A single car accident near Swift Falls has left one man dead and two injured. The car rolled over and was the only vehicle involved. The victim was a passenger in the vehicle. The victim died at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. The crash occurred around 6:40 p.m. on County Road 26 aboAut a half-mile north of Swift Falls, according to a news release from the Swift County...

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