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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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Fri, 01/24/2014A 45-year-old St. Paul man is dead after a crash on the Lafayette Bridge Saturday morning.
Fargo-Valley City, ND
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Sat, 01/25/2014A 34-year-old man has died after a vehicle vs. pedestrian crash early Sunday morning, according to authorities.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Mon, 01/27/2014An SUV ran off icy Interstate 94 Tuesday morning on the western edge of St. Paul and crashed, leaving the driver dead, authorities said.
The crash occurred about 7:35 a.m. on westbound I-94 soon after the SUV left southbound Hwy. 280, according to the State Patrol.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Thu, 12/19/2013A 55-year-old pedestrian was hit by a car on the border of Minneapolis and Brooklyn Center Friday night and died shortly after at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, police said Saturday.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Sat, 12/07/2013An Amtrak train struck a semitrailer truck that failed to stop at a crossing in central Minnesota, leaving the big rig’s driver dead and several on the passenger train injured, authorities said.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Wed, 12/11/2013A 68-year-old Cokato woman died Thursday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision north of Howard Lake in Middleville Township.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Thu, 12/05/2013One person died Friday after a car went over a guardrail on the Bloomington Ferry Bridge and landed on its roof, according to police.
The driver apparently lost control of the vehicle, a 2003 Buick LeSabre, on the icy blacktop of highway 169 near mile post 117 and ran off the road, police said.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Mon, 07/07/2014The Minnesota State Patrol says a 7-year-old girl was killed on Tuesday, July 8 when she was hit by an SUV a short distance from her home.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Thu, 07/17/2014A 66-year-old woman died after the car she was driving collided with a semi on a county road in southern Minnesota Friday morning.
The incident occured on Old Highway 14 at 10:46 a.m. near the 95th Street intersection.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Thu, 07/31/2014A 19-year-old woman died Friday from injuries she sustained in a car crash in Carver County, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner.
The crash happened around 4 p.m. Friday at West 150th Street and Baseline Avenue in Louisville Township.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Wed, 07/23/2014A west metro woman who died after she was run over by a car Thursday night has been identified.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Mon, 06/09/2014Authorities on Wednesday identified the man who died in a three-vehicle crash on a Burnsville highway as a onetime leader of American Legion Baseball in Minnesota.
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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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.