A semi driver was hit and killed while standing outside his truck on Highway 169 in Nicollet County on Thursday afternoon, the Minnesota State Patrol’s crash report indicates.
The report says a 2019 Ford F-250 and a 2010 Peterbilt semi collided at about 2:23 p.m. on northbound Highway 169 near milepost 58 in Belgrade Township, with the semi’s driver standing outside the truck. The patrol updated the report at 6:36 p.m. and lists the crash as fatal.
The report identifies the semi driver as a 79-year-old man from Lester Prairie. The patrol is withholding his name until noon Friday.
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The report does not name the person who died, but it lists no injury for the driver of the Ford, a 52-year-old man from Kaufman, Texas, who was wearing a seat belt. It lists alcohol as not suspected and the road as dry. Airbags did not deploy in either vehicle.
The report does not say how the crash happened beyond saying the two vehicles collided with the semi driver standing outside.
Several agencies assisted at the scene including the Nicollet County sheriff’s office, the St. Peter and Mankato police departments and Mayo Ambulance.
