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Date: 
Thursday, October 23, 2014
One person was taken to Unity Hospital with minor injuries following a collision between a van and a semi truck, causing the van, and eventually the semi truck, to catch fire. The accident occured just after midnight on Thursday, October 23 when the driver of the van ran a red light at the intersection of 73th Avenue Northwest and University Avenue Northeast. The driver of the semi was not hurt.     
Date: 
Thursday, April 3, 2014

A Hopkins woman has been identified as one of two people killed after a speeding car crashed into the back of a semi on eastbound I-694 in Fridley Friday night.

The rear-end crash was reported around 8:15 p.m. on the interstate at Matterhorn Drive.

According to the state patrol, the driver of the 2007 Chrysler 300 and Patrice Hooks, 31, of Hopkins, a passenger, were both killed in the crash. Hooks was wearing a seat belt and her airbag did deploy.