Motorist Swerves Into Path Of Semi In Minneapolis, Dies At Hospital

Originally published on April 15. Updated with victim's name.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Minneapolis police are investigating a fatal crash involving a semi Thursday evening.

According to police, the incident occurred at around 10 p.m. on Lyndale and 39th avenues north.

Police say a preliminary investigation indicates a motorist in a passenger vehicle swerved into the path of a semi that was traveling north on Lyndale, impacting the trailer wheels.

The driver of the passenger vehicle, identified Monday as 59-year-old Casey Roland Jones of Minneapolis, was seriously injured and later died at the hospital.

The driver of the semi is cooperating with the investigation and was not injured.