Semi driver dies after load shifts along Twin Cities freeway
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Updated: 4:03 p.m. | Posted: 2:10 p.m.
The driver of a semi died Saturday along a Twin Cities freeway after the truck's load of steel beams shifted into the cab.
The Minnesota State Patrol reported that the incident happened just after 12:30 p.m. along southbound Interstate 694 in Oakdale, near the Fourth Street bridge and just north of Interstate 94.
The semi was traveling south when the driver braked, causing the load to move into the cab.
The driver was a 26-year-old man; his hometown was not available. No one else was injured in the incident.
The southbound lanes of I-694 in Oakdale from 34th Street to Interstate 94 were closed for several hours; the Patrol reported they reopened to traffic at about 4 p.m.
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