Police: 1 man dead after crash, fight in Minneapolis

Updated: 2:25 p.m. | Posted: 6 a.m.

Minneapolis police say a man has died after he got involved in a fight following a traffic crash.

Authorities say a rear-end crash happened just before midnight Thursday at 22nd Street West and Lyndale Avenue South.

The driver of one vehicle fled from the scene on foot and was pursued by a passenger from the other car. Officials say there was a "physical altercation" about a block away on Aldrich Avenue. Officers found one man in "grave condition."

He was taken to HCMC where he was pronounced dead.

Another man was arrested, interviewed by homicide detectives and booked into the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center.