Road deaths surpass 200 for the year when semi driver dies in rear-end crash

The number of people who have died on Minnesota roads this year passed the 200 mark Monday when a semi driver was killed in a rear-end crash involving another big rig northwest of Duluth, the State Patrol said.

A 52-year-old man from Chisholm, Minn., was driving a semitrailer truck northbound on Hwy. 53 about 4 p.m. when he stuck another semitrailer truck from behind at the intersection of Shipley Road in St. Louis County. The Chisholm man was killed. The driver of the semi that was hit, a 39-year-old man from St. Joseph, Minn., was not hurt, the patrol said.

With Monday’s fatal crash, the state has seen 201 deaths on state roads, or about the same number of deaths as reported at this time last year, according to preliminary numbers released Monday by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety.

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