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When someone is injured in an accident in Minnesota, it is important to gather information about what happens next.
Being injured in a serious accident is always a shocking and scary experience, and dealing with the aftermath is exhausting and stressful. Accident victims are forced to deal with hospitalization, medical treatments, missed work, and lost income, often while trying to manage pain and disability from their injuries. And then the insurance adjusters start circling. Find out more about accidents and what issues an injured person needs to be aware of by going to this link.
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Rochester, MN-Mason City, IA-Austin, MN
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Tue, 05/27/2014The Minnesota State Patrol says two men were killed when one of them drove the wrong way on an interstate in southern Minnesota.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Tue, 05/27/2014A 71-year-old pilot was critically hurt when a crop-dusting helicopter crashed onto the roof of a barn in central Minnesota.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Sat, 05/24/2014One person is dead after a car hit two vehicles on Interstate 35 in Fairbault, Minn. Sunday night. Mach Kuel, 39, of Coon Rapids died Sunday after the car he was traveling in hit one vehicle and side-swiped another.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Fri, 05/23/2014A Farmington man died after his car hit a tree in Red Wing on Saturday morning, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Mon, 05/19/2014The Minnesota State Patrol is on the scene of a fatal crash west of the Twin Cities Tuesday morning.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Sun, 05/11/2014An SUV struck a car pulling out of a Wright County gas station Sunday, killing a passenger in the larger vehicle.
The crash occurred about 12:20 p.m. Sunday along Hwy. 55 near 53rd Street NW. in Maple Lake, according to the State Patrol.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Tue, 05/06/2014A two-car collision at a busy Bloomington intersection has claimed the life of a 92-year-old man and has the man’s wife and the other driver both claiming the right of way, authorities said Thursday.
Fargo-Valley City, ND
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Thu, 05/01/2014A 5-year-old boy has died after a farm accident in Becker County.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Sat, 04/26/2014A 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.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Thu, 04/24/2014A man killed in a crash that shut down part of westbound Highway 55 at Lexington Avenue in Mendota Heights has been identified.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Thu, 04/24/2014A 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.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Fri, 04/18/2014A two vehicle crash in Pierz killed 81-year-old Wilma Johnson, of Freedhem, Minn., after she pulled her car onto Main Street near 4th Avenue NE. and was broadsided by a pickup truck, the patrol said. There were no critical injuries reported among the others.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Fri, 04/18/2014Neglecting to wear a seat belt and being under the influence of alcohol were noted as factors in a single-vehicle crash that killed a young man from east-central Minnesota.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Fri, 04/18/2014A 51-year-old Minneapolis bicyclist is still in critical condition after a crash involving a sport-utility vehicle at the corner of Snelling and Summit Avenues on Saturday morning.
Fargo-Valley City, ND
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Tue, 04/15/2014A crash near here involving two semis left one driver dead this morning on an icy stretch of Interstate 94, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
One semi rear-ended the other about 4 a.m. in the eastbound lanes near milepost 24, the patrol said.