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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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Most recent accident reports
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Sat, 01/18/2014A 22-year-old Maple Grove man died Saturday in a snowmobile crash in north-central Minnesota, authorities said.
According to a statement from the Todd County Sheriff’s Office released Sunday:
Authorities received a report of a missing man at 11:23 a.m. Saturday.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Fri, 01/17/2014Four people were hurt after a head-on crash involving an ambulance in Buffalo Township Saturday morning.
The collision happened on County Highway 35 Northeast and Eaken Avenue Northeast around 1:30 a.m.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Fri, 01/10/2014A 51-year-old man from Buffalo, Minn., was killed in a snowmobile crash over the weekend.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Fri, 01/10/2014A Minnesota man is dead after a crash on Saturday night northwest of the metro.
The Morrison County Sheriff's Office says 25-year-old Levi Hillyer of Pierz was driving northbound on Park Avenue when his vehicle approached a bridge, left the roadway and hit a river bank around 7:45 p.m. in Pierz.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Mon, 01/06/2014Emergency crews were responding after a car went off an overpass in Little Canada.
The crash was on Interstate 694 westbound at Interstate 35E southbound and happened around 7:24 a.m. Tuesday.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Tue, 12/31/2013Minnesota Vikings Linebacker Erin Henderson has been arrested on suspicion of DWI, according to the Carver County Sheriff's Office and the Minnesota Vikings.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Tue, 12/31/2013Thirteen people were injured, six critically, early Wednesday morning after an explosion caused a major fire at a grocery store and apartment building in the bustling Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in south Minneapolis.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Fri, 12/20/2013A 23-year-old Nisswa, Minn., man was killed in a broadside collision Friday in central Minnesota, the State Patrol said.
Lucas A. Johnson, a passenger in a car, was killed in a collision with a van.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Fri, 12/20/2013A 63-year-old man from Shafer, Minn., died in a snowmobile accident on Saturday, according to the Chisago County Sheriff’s Office.
Duluth, MN-Superior, WI
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Thu, 12/19/2013A pedestrian was killed Friday night in Itasca County.
That man was trying to cross Hwy. 46 near his Squaw Lake home in Itasca County, the Minnesota State Patrol said.
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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Sun, 12/15/2013Emergency crews worked through the night to clear eastbound I-94 near the Hudson Bridge after multiple vehicle crashes that left some injured and other motorists caught in traffic for hours.
Fargo-Valley City, ND
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Thu, 12/12/2013Two cars crashed head-on in northwestern Minnesota, leaving both drivers dead, authorities said.
The collision in Norman County occurred shortly after 2:10 p.m. Thursday on Hwy. 32 north of Gary, according to the State Patrol.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
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Wed, 12/11/2013A school bus struck and seriously injured a man walking along a frontage road Thursday morning in St. Cloud, authorities said.
Andrew J. Boedigheimer, 20, of St. Cloud, was hit shortly after 7 a.m. in the 600 block of Roosevelt Road, west of Cooper Avenue, according to police.
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.