Hundreds of crashes, 2 fatal, on Minnesota roads amid spring snowstorm
The roads were slushy and sloppy in the Twin Cities Monday morning after a snowstorm brought wet, heavy snow to the Twin Cities and beyond.
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Several inches of snow fell on Sunday, resulting in streets and sidewalks covered in snow and slush Monday morning. Some rain showers are making conditions extra sloppy. MnDOT's website lists roads as partially covered in slush in the Twin Cities metro area Monda morning, but roads in far western Minnesota and much of central and northeastern Minnesota are completely covered. Meanwhile, on the North Shore of Lake Superior, there's a blizzard warning in effect.
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Hundreds of crashes after Sunday snow
The Minnesota State Patrol on Monday said between midnight on Sunday and 11:30 a.m. Monday there were 439 crashes (24 with injury, two serious/fatal), 385 vehicle spinouts/vehicles off the road and 14 jackknifed semi-trucks.
Woman killed in Burnsville crash
One of the crashes on Sunday left a woman dead just north of the Interstate 35 split in Burnsville. The crash was reported shortly after noon on Sunday along I-35E near County Road 42. Troopers say 51-year-old Elizabeth Evans was driving an SUV that went off the road and hit a tree. Evans was rushed to the hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
The incident report from the crash notes slippery roads but doesn't include a definitive cause of the crash. The crash is under investigation.
Woman killed in crash near Litchfield
A 26-year-old Litchfield woman, identified as Miranda Nicole Castro, was killed in a crash around 7:35 a.m. Monday. The Minnesota State Patrol says a truck driver was headed eastbound on Highway 12 at the same time Castro was driving her Jeep westbound on Highway 12. The vehicles collided near the intersection of Highway 12 and mile marker 95.
Castro was not wearing a seatbelt and was killed, according to the State Patrol. The truck driver was not injured.
Road conditions were listed as snow/ice.