1 dead in Brooklyn Park crash after car hit traffic signal, started on fire

A crash in Brooklyn Park on Saturday morning killed one person and injured another after the car hit a traffic signal and started on fire.

Minnesota State Patrol said a Chevy Impala was going north on Highway 252 at around 7:24 a.m. when it hit a traffic signal at Humboldt Avenue.

Brooklyn Park police responded to the crash and said the vehicle had started on fire. Other motorists stopped to help get passengers out of the burning car, according to police.

The passenger in the car — 36-year-old Carlos Chavez Holliday — was pronounced dead on scene, and the 39-year-old driver was brought to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

A portion of Highway 252 was closed for several hours between Eighth Avenue and Brookdale Drive for the crash investigation.