ROGERS, MN : Central Minnesota man dies in work zone crash in Twin Cities on Thursday, 4th October 2018

A Pillager man died in an afternoon crash in a construction zone involving four vehicles on Interstate 94 on the north side of the Twin Cities.

The Minnesota State Patrol identified the man killed as 59-year-old Vernon C. Hedquist.


The state patrol reported a Ford F-150 with a trailer was eastbound on Interstate 94, approaching Hennepin County Road 81 in Rogers, and a single-axle Kenworth truck was behind it. The Ford slowed for traffic and was rear-ended by the Kenworth truck. The Ford spun into a construction lane striking two stationary vehicles—a Chevrolet Silverado and a GMC construction truck.

The Ford F-150 and trailer struck two people—Hedquist and Thomas J. Wood, 64, of Maple Grove—in the construction work area. Wood was taken to a Maple Grove hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening.

The driver of the Ford, Oscar R. Siguencia-Orbe, 30, Minneapolis, and of the Kenworth truck, Tate R. Doom, 47, St. Paul, were not injured.

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