Wrong-way driver crashes on I-35 in Burnsville, killed running into oncoming traffic
One man is dead after a crash on I-35 in Burnsville early Saturday morning.
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Minnesota State Patrol says at 2:47 a.m. the driver of a Ford Fusion entered the highway driving southbound in the northbound lanes.
The driver of a Lexus traveling north on I-35 approaching Crystal Lake Road was struck head-on by the Fusion, causing the Fusion to roll into the shoulder coming to rest on its roof.
Austin John Grosam, a 20-year-old from Mankato, the man who was driving the Ford Fusion, fled the scene on foot and ran into the southbound lanes of I-35.
An oncoming semi-truck was unable to avoid him and the 20-year-old was struck and killed. Authorities say that two more vehicles were involved in the crash when they also hit the man in the road.
A 27-year-old Burnsville man, who was driving the Lexus, was taken to Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis with life-threatening injuries.
MNDoT traffic management camera image of a fatal accident on I-35 Saturday morning.
It is unclear if alcohol was a factor in the crash.