Semi-trailer sinks in icy pond by I-94
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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.
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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.
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