1 dead after wrong-way crash with FedEx vehicle in Afton
UPDATE 6/20: The deceased driver of the Dodge Ram was Steven Michael Floding, 23, of Scandia, the Minnesota State Patrol said on Tuesday, June 20.
The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a fatal crash on Eastbound Interstate 94 at Manning Avenue in Afton, Minn.
A Dodge Ram 1500 was driving the wrong way in the eastbound lanes of I-94 when it hit a FedEx Freightliner head-on, according to a report from the State Patrol.
Traffic camera video from the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) showed two vehicles in flames at 3:30 a.m. on Saturday.
The report added that both vehicles caught fire upon collision. The FedEx driver was pulled from his vehicle and transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries but the Dodge Ram driver was trapped in his car and died at the scene.
I-94 between Highway 95 and St. Croix Trail North was closed around 4 a.m. as a result of the crash, according to MnDOT. That portion of I-94 reopened around 9 a.m. Saturday morning.