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Semi’s tire blowout causes fatal crash on I-35 in southern Minnesota
FREEMAN TOWNSHIP, Minn. – The state patrol said a truck with a blown tire caused a fatal crash in southern Minnesota on Monday morning.
It happened shortly after 8 a.m. on Interstate 35 southbound in Freeman Township.
The State Patrol said a 45-year-old Wisconsin man driving a pickup lost control after a tire burst. The truck crossed the median and hit a pickup truck traveling north.
State patrol records show that the 22-year-old man driving the pickup – Hunter Lee Robertson of Glenville – died in the collision. The truck driver suffered minor injuries.