Two Dead After Separate Semi-Truck Collisions in Minnesota

(MinnesotaNow) - The State Patrol is reporting that two people were killed in separate crashes involving semi-trucks in Minnesota on Thursday.

Deadly Crash in Scott County

The first fatal crash was reported at 2:50 p.m. in Scott County. The State Patrol says a pickup truck and a semi-truck were traveling in opposite directions when they collided on Highway 25 in Belle Plaine.

Victim Was From the Mankato Area

A 43-year-old man from Lake Crystal, in the Mankato area, was driving the pickup and was fatally injured in the crash. His name has not been released. The 43-year-old Belle Plaine man driving the semi-truck was not injured.

Truck Was Backing into Rural Property When the Crash Occurred

The other deadly incident occurred just before 10 p.m. in central Minnesota. The State Patrol says the driver of the semi-truck was in the process of backing into a rural residential property along Highway 15, about 15 miles east of Detroit Lakes in Becker County, when an SUV traveling west on the highway crashed underneath the semi-trailer.

The truck driver was not injured, but the 62-year-old Menahga woman driving the SUV was killed. Her name has also not been released.

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