(KNSI) – A St. Cloud woman was killed after the vehicle she was riding in collided with the back of a semi on Highway 15.
The Minnesota State Patrol was called to the accident at 5:17 p.m. on Monday after a commercial straight truck crashed into the back of the semi that was headed north on Highway 15 at 2nd Street South in St. Cloud.
The state patrol says a semi was stopped for traffic on 2nd Street when 37-year-old Kim Loan Thi Nguyen, of St. Cloud, who was driving the straight truck at the time of the crash, hit the semi. A 67-year-old woman with Nguyen died in the crash. The victim’s name will be released on Tuesday afternoon.
Officials say Nguyen and the semi driver, 62-year-old Donald Zerbst, of Ironwood, Michigan, weren’t hurt.
The crash caused the area around Highway 15 and 2nd Street South to be closed for nearly four hours.
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