State Patrol investigating fatal Willmar crash

Minnesota State Patrol on Tuesday morning announced it is investigating a fatal crash in Willmar.

Authorities say that a truck with its dump box up hit a railroad pass on Highway 71 near Highway 12 around 7:15 a.m.

The driver, 67-year-old Terry Allan Vreeman from Spicer, was killed in the crash. The State Patrol said he was not wearing his seatbelt.