MINNEAPOLIS, MN : 1 dead and 8 hurt, including toddler, in 7-vehicle Minneapolis crash on Wednesday, 23rd October 2024

A 26-year-old Minneapolis woman is dead and 10 others are hurt following an alcohol-related crash involving seven vehicles on Wednesday night near downtown.

The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened at about 9:17 p.m. when a driver in a Chevy Avalanche exited eastbound Interstate 94 to Lyndale Avenue "at a high rate of speed," causing "severe damage to several vehicles" near Dunwoody Boulevard.

Investigators say the driver of the Chevy, a 29-year-old St. Paul man, had been drinking. He has minor injuries, but his passenger, a 20-year-old St. Paul woman, suffered injuries considered life-threatening.


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