Two men died after a pickup truck and a box truck collided at an Isanti County intersection Monday, and the sheriff’s office says witnesses told authorities the pickup driver did not stop at a stop sign.
The crash happened just after noon on Oct. 5 at 389th Avenue Northwest and Palm Street Northwest in Maple Ridge Township, according to the Isanti County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities learned from witnesses that the driver of the pickup truck was southbound on Palm Street Northwest and did not stop at the stop sign, causing a T-bone crash with the box truck, the sheriff’s office said. The box truck was eastbound on 389th Avenue Northwest.
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A man who was a passenger in one of the trucks died at the scene. The driver of the box truck began having complications, and first responders started life-saving measures, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the pickup truck was injured and taken to a hospital. It is not clear which truck the passenger was in.
The identities of the two men will be released after the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office confirms them and their families are notified.
The crash remains under investigation. The sheriff’s office did not say whether it plans to make any arrests.
The Braham Police Department, Braham Fire, Cambridge Fire, Allina EMS and the Minnesota State Patrol assisted at the scene.
