From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 29, the Minnesota Patrol reported 169 automobile crashes, together with 27 with accidents, 151 automobile spinouts and 14 jackknifed semis.
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Multiple cities have issued snow emergencies for Tuesday evening on account of a snowstorm that swept throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin.
In Richfield, a snow emergency went into impact at 1 p.m. In Minneapolis, St. Paul and Bloomington, snow emergencies go into impact at 9 p.m. In Brooklyn Park, a snow emergency will go into impact at 11 p.m.
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Tuesday’s snowstorm and dicey street situations have already been blamed for a deadly crash in western Wisconsin, different crashes across the area and several other automobile spinouts within the Twin Cities metro space.
The Minnesota State Patrol reported 387 crashes statewide from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, together with 38 crashes with accidents. Officials additionally reported 285 spinouts and 33 jackknifed semis, together with one late Tuesday in Oakdale that has the northbound lanes on Interstate 694 closed close to County Road 14.
From 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Nov. 29, the Minnesota Patrol reported 79 automobile crashes, together with 4 with accidents, 81 automobile spinouts and 16 jackknifed semis. Since 6
According to MnDOT 511, most highways throughout southern and japanese Minnesota are “partially covered” or “completely covered” with snow as of Tuesday afternoon.
The snowstorm can be impacting air journey as of Tuesday afternoon. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport tweeted round 2:20 p.m. that every one runways are closed because of “excessive snowfall rates and low visibility.” One of the runways has since been reopened.
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As street situations deteriorate, officers are asking drivers to make use of additional warning behind the wheel.
Just earlier than 8 a.m. Barron County, Wisconsin authorities obtained a 911 name a few two-vehicle crash on Highway 48, west of Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Law enforcement officers say a “small SUV-type vehicle lost control and crossed the center line into the path” of a tanker truck. The SUV driver, a 23-year-old man from the Cumberland space, was ejected and was pronounced useless on the scene. The driver of the tanker truck, a 50-year-old male from Barron, was not injured.
According to the Barron County Sheriff’s Department, street situations have been a contributing issue within the crash.
Also Tuesday morning, South Metro Fire posted pictures on their Facebook web page of a one-vehicle rollover accident on Charlton Street in West St. Paul. “No injuries in the rollover. Please slow down and leave early for your destination,” the division wrote.
The West St. Paul Police Department and M Health Fairview EMS additionally responded to the crash.
A Winter Storm Warning stays in impact for the metro till 9 p.m. Tuesday. Click right here for county-by-county climate alerts.
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