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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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Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Wed, 03/19/2014A car ran a red light and struck a Metro Transit bus Thursday morning at a south Minneapolis intersection, sending the bus crashing into a tree and leaving three people injured, authorities said.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Tue, 03/18/2014A New Prague woman is dead after a crash in Carver County on Wednesday.
The crash occurred at 9:23 p.m. on County Road 11 near White Pine Way.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Sun, 03/16/2014In the Sibley County crash, one driver was killed and another was injured when two vehicles collided head-on shortly after 6 a.m. on Hwy.15 a mile south of Winthrop and about 18 miles north of New Ulm.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Sun, 03/16/2014A 7-year-old boy was hospitalized after he was hit by a car in Central Minnesota on Monday morning.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Sat, 03/15/2014A St. Peter woman, her 5-year-old daughter, and a Marion, South Dakota man died Sunday after a head-on collision on Highway 169, southwest of the metro.
The crash occurred at 1 p.m. near milepost 58 in Nicollet County, between St. Peter and Mankato.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Fri, 03/14/2014Alcohol may have been a factor in a rollover crash that closed three lanes of westbound Interstate 94 in Minneapolis Saturday morning, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Thu, 03/13/2014A 46-year-old man was airlifted to a Minneapolis hospital after his truck collided with a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train around 2 p.m. Friday south of Granite Falls.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Mon, 03/10/2014A motorcyclist struck a pothole along a winter-worn stretch of a Minneapolis interstate and was thrown to his death, authorities said Wednesday.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Sat, 03/08/2014A rollover crash in Stearns County ejected three people from the vehicle - sending two of them to the hospital - early Sunday morning, according to the Stearns County Sheriff's Office.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Fri, 03/07/2014A 25-year-old woman died after her car collided with a train in Independence early Saturday morning, according to the West Hennepin Public Safety Department.
Fargo-Valley City, ND
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Fri, 03/07/2014A man is in the hospital after getting hit by a car in Comstock Township Saturday night.
It happened at around 8:30 p.m. on Abbey Street near River Street.
Mankato, MN
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Thu, 03/06/2014The Minnesota State Patrol is identifying the four people killed Friday near Sleepy Eye on icy roads.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Wed, 03/05/2014A longtime criminal on the run for months from charges that he sexually abused a young girl in central Minnesota for many years was caught after crashing his vehicle in a ditch, authorities said.
Duluth, MN-Superior, WI
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Fri, 02/28/2014A snowmobile accident Saturday claimed the life of a 53-year-old Eagan man, the Aitkin County Sheriff’s Office reported.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Thu, 02/27/2014Three college students were killed in a crash with a semi while traveling on an icy road near Northfield Friday, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
The broadside crash happened on Highway 3 at County Road 47 in Dakota County around 3 p.m.