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Patrol: 1 Dead After Car Rear-Ends Semi On I-94

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) – The State Patrol says it's investigating a fatal crash Sunday morning on Interstate 94 in northwestern Minnesota where a compact car rear-ended a semi.

The crash happened shortly after 7:30 a.m. in the westbound lanes of the interstate in Clay County, near mile marker 21.

Preliminary information shows the crash involved three vehicles and total of five people.

The State Patrol says a Saturn SL compact car rear-ended a semi. A front passenger in the vehicle was killed and two others were hurt. The semitrailer driver and his passenger weren't injured.

The names of those involved have yet to be released.

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