Unbuckled Driver Killed in Rollover Crash on Southern Minnesota Freeway
Sherburn, MN (KROC-AM News)- There was a deadly crash on a freeway in southern Minnesota Wednesday evening.
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One vehicle was involved in the crash. The State Patrol responded to the fatality shortly before 9 p.m.
The deadly crash happened on Interstate 90 about 30 miles west of Worthington in rural Martin County.
An SUV was traveling east on the interstate when the driver lost control of the vehicle, which caused it to enter then exit the median.
The SUV then plunged into the ditch on the southside of the freeway and rolled multiple times, the state crash report says.
53-year-old William Derrell Coney of Rapid City, SD was identified as the driver. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Coney was not buckled up and alcohol was not involved in the crash, the report says. I-90 was described as dry at the time of the fatal crash.
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