Minnesota Fatal Accidents

Hennepin County Attorney Amy Klobuchar announced last week that a Chaska man has been charged in connection with a fatal car crash in Minnetonka on Memorial Day. Matthew Robert Weierke, 28, was ...[...]

Preliminary traffic death figures for 2007 reflect the first increase in fatalities since 2002, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety ...[...]

Alcohol-related deaths in Minnesota decreased to 163 in 2008, an all-time low. But that figure represents 36 percent of the 455 traffic deaths, matching historical trends. These are two of the key ...[...]

The Scott County Sheriff's Office responded Saturday to a two-vehicle accident on Union Hill Boulevard in Belle Plaine that resulted in the death of Anthony Hetzel, a Belle Plaine resident.[...]

STANTON, Minnesota - A man died and another was hospitalized Thursday morning after a car crash on icy roads in Stanton Township. The St. Croix County Sheriff's Office reported the crash occurred ...[...]

Brooklyn Park police say they are now confident that a teenage scooter rider was in the crosswalk - and not on the sidewalk - when he was fatally hit by an SUV driver over the weekend. The crash ...[...]

The identical twin sister accused of trying to take the blame for her sibling by lying to investigators after a deadly Amish buggy collision in southeastern Minnesota has ...[...]

Sarah Beth Peterson pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of criminal vehicular operation in connection with the crash that killed two children in 2023.[...]

Preston, MN ( KROC-AM News )- One of the two twin sisters charged in a fatal Amish buggy crash in southeast Minnesota has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors. The deadly crash occurred in ...[...]

A Shakopee woman died after her car spun out on I-494 at Highway 169 near Eden Prairie and was struck by a semi.[...]

A Twin Cities woman was killed Monday morning on Interstate-494 when her vehicle spun and slid across the icy highway before being struck by a semi truck, according to authorities. The Minnesota State ...[...]

The State Patrol says the victim's car slid out of control on an icy stretch of freeway during the morning commute.[...]

BLOOMINGTON ( WJON News) -- One person has died after a Monday morning crash in Bloomington. The Minnesota State Patrol says at about 6:30 a.m. a car driven by 45-year-old Yadira Hernndezaguilar of ...[...]

Overnight and morning snow in Minnesota has led to numerous crashes on roadways in the Twin Cities and across the state on Monday.[...]

Undated ( KROC-AM News )- Slick travel conditions have caused crashes that prompted closures on a pair of Minnesota interstates Monday morning. One of the freeway closures is in southeast Minnesota ...[...]

A motorcycle rider is dead after a crash in Brooklyn Park on Saturday night. The crash involved another vehicle near Regent Avenue and Unity Avenue. No arrests were made, and police say the other ...[...]

A fatal hit-and-run in Brooklyn Center late Thursday led to the arrest of an adult man on Friday, and the recovery of a vehicle that police believe was involved.[...]

A Detroit Lakes woman has been charged after she admitted to using to TikTok when her car fatally collided with a pedestrian in September of 2024.[...]

Law enforcement found that she watched five TikTok videos in the minutes leading up to the crash, the complaint read.[...]

Background: The intersection of Randolph Road and Highland Drive in Detroit Lakes, Minn. (Google Maps). Inset left: Mariska Nunn (Becker County Jail). Inset right: Dean Chadbourne (West-Kjos Funeral ...[...]

Two people were in the other vehicle, a 2023 Hino straight truck. They sustained non-life-threatening injuries.[...]

Hutchinson, MN ( KROC-AM News )- A Minnesota woman lost her life in a crash with a truck at a rural intersection on Tuesday. Two other people were injured in the fatality. Two vehicles were involved ...[...]

MINNEAPOLIS (WJON News) -- We have an update on the fatal crash that occurred on Interstate 35W in Minneapolis on Saturday morning. The Minnesota State Patrol has released the name of the man driving ...[...]

One man is dead and another injured after a wrong-way crash on Interstate 35W in Minneapolis. It happened shortly before ... According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a Chevy Malibu was headed south in ...[...]

A 55-year-old from Minnesota died in a skydiving accident in Eloy. Police were called to the area due to a report of complications during the descent. The Federal Aviation Administration is ...[...]

One person has died after an early Saturday morning crash in the Twin Cities. The Minnesota State Patrol says the crash happened at about 5:50 a.m. on Saturday.[...]

One person is dead after a crash on I-35W Saturday morning. It happened in Minneapolis between Industrial Boulevard NE and Stinson Boulevard NE, MnDOT's 511 map showed. The crash left 35W lanes closed ...[...]

Minnesota State Patrol (MSP) has released additional information about a fatal crash that happened on Highway 63 on Tuesday.[...]

The Minnesota State ... vehicle crash Tuesday near Farmington Township. State Patrol said 30-year-old Andrew Jay Johnson of Zumbro Falls was driving north on Highway 63 near Farmington when ...[...]

FRIDLEY, Minn. - Days after a man was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Fridley, prosecutors said the man accused of causing the accident has now been charged. According to Anoka County ...[...]

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) - US 63, also known as Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway, is closed in both directions due to a crash. Traffic is currently being rerouted along 75th St. NE towards County ...[...]

Jan. 21-ROCHESTER - U.S. Highway 63, north of the 75th Street Northeast roundabout, was closed after a fatal crash. Minnesota State Patrol Sgt. Troy Christianson said the road was closed for ...[...]

The Minnesota Statate Patrol says a 2014 Ford F150 driven by Andrew Jay Johnson, 30 of Zumbro Falls, was heading north on Highway 63 and a 2019 Kenworth dump truck driven by Gerald Henry Pulver, 80 of ...[...]

Cokato and six other volunteer fire departments responded to the 6300 block of Mowery Avenue Southwest off of Highway 12 just after 5:30 a.m. for a fire reported at Forsman Farms, according to the ...[...]