Man dead after Bloomington crash, fire

A man in his 40s is dead after a crash in Bloomington on Monday afternoon.

A 42-year-old man was driving eastbound on I-494 just before 2:30 p.m. when the vehicle left the roadway, collided with a pole and caught fire in the Bush Lake Road area, according to a report from the Minnesota State Patrol.

Matthew Ryan Veenstra was pronounced dead at the scene.

No other details about the crash, or what led up to it, were immediately provided.