MINNEAPOLIS, MN : 1 Dies After Chain-Reaction Crash on Highway 95 in North Branch Township on Thursday, 25th July 2019

There have been two fatal crashes this week on Highway 95, just west of North Branch.

On Tuesday, a chain reaction crash left a 58-year-old motorcyclist dead. On Wednesday, another chain reaction crash killed a 56-year-old man who was a passenger in a car.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Wednesday’s crash happened around 5:20 p.m. at the Hornsby Street intersection, just west of where Tuesday’s crash happened.

A Kia Soul going east on the highway slowed to turn left on Hornsby and was rear-ended by a Dodge Calliber. The Kia was pushed into on-coming traffic and collided with a right-turning Ford Fiesta.

The passenger in the Kia Soul, 56-year-old David Lavern Winberg from North Branch, died. The driver, a 47-year-old woman from North Branch, was brought to Fairview Lakes Medical Center in Wyoming with non-life-threatening injures.

The other motorists were not hurt.

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