Minnesota State Patrol

Authorities have released the name of the man killed in a head on crash near Kimball Wednesday night.

A driver apparently fell asleep before crashing his car up in Todd County. The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened at about 1:00 p.m. Monday on Highway 10 near Staples.

The Minnesota State Patrol has released more information on the crash along I-94 near Melrose Monday.

The crash happened Monday just before 8:00 a.m. at the intersection of Hwy 12 and 650th Ave.

DASSEL -- Two people were taken to the hospital after a crash between a semi and an SUV in Dassel.
The Minnesota State Patrol says the crash happened Thursday around 10:30 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 15.
The semi, driven by 72-year-old Paul Weidenhoeft of Oconomowoc, WI was nort…

Five people were hurt in a two-vehicle crash near Big Lake Sunday afternoon. The incident happened shortly after 1:00 p.m. on Highway 10.

Distracted driving-related crashes claim an average of 46 lives each year, and those crashes cause a lifetime of grief and pain for the families left behind and an untold story of what could have been.

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Five people were hurt in a three-vehicle crash in Brainerd on Friday. The incident happened just before 5:30 p.m. on Highway 371.

Three people were hurt in a pileup crash that shut down westbound Interstate 94 in St. Cloud early Thursday morning.

A Foley man was taken to the hospital after losing control of his car on snow-covered roads Monday morning.

It was a tough morning commute for drivers across the state. The Minnesota State Patrol says from 6:00 a.m. through 5:30 p.m. they responded to a total of 247 crashes.