Scenes of separate crashes in St. Paul, Brooklyn Center cleared
KSTP Traffic Reporter Josie Smith said a rollover crash happened around 5 a.m. on southbound Interstate 35E near downtown St. Paul.[MnDOT Traffic Camera]
Crews were at the scenes of two separate single-vehicle crashes in the metro area Tuesday morning.
KSTP Traffic Reporter Josie Smith said a rollover crash happened around 5 a.m. on southbound Interstate 35E near downtown St. Paul.
Smith said the driver was stuck in the vehicle and needed extrication help.
Smith said minor injuries were reported.
Driver is stuck in the vehicle and will need extrication! Getting reports of minor injuries in this rollover on I-35E SB in the I-94 commons. https://t.co/wiagwePlXs pic.twitter.com/0I8S1NFejE
— KSTP Traffic (@kstptraffic) December 1, 2020
The crash cleared at about 5:30 a.m.
Then, Smith said another driver’s vehicle crashed through a cable median barrier on eastbound Interstate 94 near Brooklyn Boulevard in Brooklyn Center.
Smith said she received reports the driver is OK, but that a Minnesota Department of Transportation crew had a difficult time extricating the driver from the vehicle because it was tangled in the cable.
Not to overuse the red arrow, but this car crashed through the cable median barrier on I-94 EB near Brooklyn Blvd in Brooklyn Center. https://t.co/wiagwePlXs pic.twitter.com/WxHmBWJqal
— KSTP Traffic (@kstptraffic) December 1, 2020
The crash cleared at about 7 a.m.