Authorities ID man killed in Twin Cities chemical leak
Authorities have released the name of a driver who died after being overcome by a chemical leak while delivering dry ice to a McDonald's in the northern Twin Cities last week.
The Anoka County Sheriff's Office on Sunday identified the victim as 58-year-old Amos Bordia Hagbe of Brooklyn Center.
Authorities said Hagbe was found dead in a delivery truck outside a McDonald's restaurant in Spring Lake Park on Wednesday morning. He was delivering liquid carbon dioxide when a mechanical failure happened. He was trying to fix the problem when he was overcome.
Spring Lake Park police and the Anoka County Sheriff's Office continue to investigate.
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