MINNEAPOLIS, IN : Driver arrested following fatal crash at 50th and Lyndale on Saturday, 5th August 2023

A driver was killed and another taken into custody following a crash in south Minneapolis overnight.

According to police, the crash happened just before 1 a.m. Saturday. Investigators believe a Ford pickup truck ran into a Mazda CX-30 at the intersection.

The driver of the Mazda was killed in the crash. He was identified Sunday by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office as 42-year-old Aaron Thomas Zach, of Fridley.

The driver of the pickup truck, a 24-year-old man, was taken into custody and transported to the hospital for medical evaluation. Police believe the driver of the truck had been drinking. He's currently being held at the Hennepin County Jail.

No other individuals were involved in the crash.



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