Minneapolis crash leaves 3 people dead, 4 seriously injured
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Three people died and four others were seriously injured in a crash involving a car and a semitrailer early Tuesday near Interstate 35W in Minneapolis.
Police said the car was stolen and traveling at a high rate of speed on Southeast Fourth Street near the bridge over I-35W when it collided with the semi as it exited the freeway just after 4 a.m.
The crash left the Hyundai Elantra wedged beneath the semitrailer and all seven occupants trapped inside.
Two males in the front seats of the car and a female in the back seat of the car died. Their names and ages had not been released as of Tuesday afternoon.
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Four other people in the back seat — ages 17 and 18 — were extricated from the car and taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
“Investigators believe the stolen vehicle’s speed contributed to the crash,” police said in an update Tuesday afternoon. “The semi driver was uninjured and cooperated with officers.”
The crash, and the events leading up to it, remain under investigation.
The crash happened just north of the Mississippi River, and a few blocks west of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. Some city streets remained closed in the area for several hours. The crash scene was cleared by late morning.
