Fiery Tanker Truck Crash Kills Minnesota Truck Driver
New Independence Township, MN (KROC-AM News) - A Minnesota truck driver was killed Saturday in a fiery crash in the Duluth area.
The State Patrol says 31-year-old Xavier Henson of Grand Rapids was driving a tanker truck transporting flammable material north on Highway 33 when he failed to negotiate a curve near the junction with Highway 53. The truck then left the road and overturned before the truck and the contents of the tanker trailer caught fire.
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The resulting fire sent a thick plume of black smoke into the sky and forced traffic to detour around the crash site. It was reported shortly before 1 PM about 10 miles northeast of Duluth.
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