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A 33-year-old man lost control of his car along Intestate 94 in Maple Grove, hit a utility equipment building and was killed, authorities said.
The crash occurred shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday on eastbound I-94 near Maple Grove Parkway, according to the State Patrol.
Killed was Andrew Hou, of Edina, the patrol said.
He was wearing a seat belt, and alcohol use does not appear to be a factor, the patrol added.
The patrol did note that the driving surface was wet at the time.
A man killed in a crash that shut down part of westbound Highway 55 at Lexington Avenue in Mendota Heights has been identified.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Kevin Hough, 55, of Farmington was killed when he was hit by 53-year-old Gary Ferm of Bloomington, who was eastbound on Hwy. 55. Ferm's vehicle veered into the westbound lanes and hit Hough.
Ferm suffered non-life threatening injuries, the state patrol said.
Roads were dry at the time.
A driver on probation for a traffic offense was jailed Saturday on suspicion of criminal vehicular homicide in connection with the Friday night death of a Minneapolis mail handler.
Charles R. Lord, 65, died at North Memorial Medical Center at 1:39 a.m. Saturday — 3½ hours after the accident at W. Broadway and Logan Avenue N., according to the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office.
A 32-year-old suspect ran away from the scene after Lord was run over on a sidewalk and the van ran into a building shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, police said.
The Rogers Police Department has identified the woman who crashed into a lake in Rogers on Monday afternoon as Karen Torgerson.
According to Rogers police, Torgerson was driving on Interstate 94 eastbound near a waste management company, VEIT USA, at 4:10 p.m. when she crashed into the lake.
Cody Shirley was in the area when he saw the car crash. Police say he went into the lake to help rescue Torgerson.
Torgerson was taken to the hospital, but was expected to be OK.