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Semi-trailer sinks in icy pond by I-94

By Tim Nelson, Minnesota Public Radio News

Photo courtesy Minnesota State Patrol

A semi-trailer headed eastbound on Interstate 94 drove off the road onto a pond near Monticello this morning, then broke through the thin ice and sank.

State Patrol spokesman Eric Roeske said that the driver, 35-year-old John Nettifee, of Anoka, escaped with minor injuries after crossing the interstate median and driving through a break in oncoming traffic.

The accident happened just after 6 a.m. this morning, on the western end of the Minnesota Department of Transportation's test facility on I-94.

Roeske said arrangements are under way to get the truck winched out of the water.

More photos from the Minnesota State Patrol:

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