County Road 6 in Maple Plain reopens after crash
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A road closure due to a crash in Maple Plain has been lifted, officials at the scene stated.
KSTP Traffic Reporter Josie Smith said County Road 6 was shut down between County Road 90 and County Road 19 just after 5 a.m. due to the crash. The road reopened at about 7 a.m., Smith said.
Smith said County Road 6 is the detour for a current closure along Highway 12, between Orono and Independence, for a safety improvement project.
An official at the scene told Smith a driver reportedly fell asleep and crashed into traffic signals that had been set up to manage traffic flow due to County Road 6 being a detour route for Highway 12.
Officials had asked drivers to avoid the area near the crash scene along County Road 6.
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Smith said one alternate route option to avoid the scene would be Highway 55.
@WHPSPOLICE tell me flaggers will be on scene along Cty Rd 6 & Cty Rd 110 in Maple Plain throughout the day to safely move traffic through the intersection after a driver fell asleep & took down power lines in the area. https://t.co/wiagwePlXs pic.twitter.com/tz9qGeJu0u
— KSTP Traffic (@kstptraffic) May 25, 2021
Four hours on this closure! https://t.co/fofvCGoceC
— KSTP Traffic (@kstptraffic) May 25, 2021
Road closure! County Rd 6 has been shut down in Maple Plain between Cty 90 & Cty 19 due to an overnight crash. Cty 6 is the detour for Hwy 12 between Orono and Independence. One option is to take Hwy 55. https://t.co/wiagwePlXs pic.twitter.com/n1mM6bGrrf
— KSTP Traffic (@kstptraffic) May 25, 2021