A 57-year-old Coon Rapids man died overnight in Hastings after the semitrailer truck he was driving went off the road, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
Robert S. Kary was driving north on Hwy. 316 at 200th Street E. around 2:30 a.m. when his 2013 Freightliner left the road on the left side and struck a tree. Kary was wearing a seat belt and no alcohol use was detected, the patrol said.
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More from Star Tribune
More From Star Tribune
More From Local
How Minnesota House Republicans ended the DFL's state government trifecta
Republicans across the country benefited from favorable tailwinds as President-elect Donald Trump resoundingly defeated Democrat Kamala Harris. But that wasn't the whole story in Minnesota.
Local
Project 2025 platform proposal aims to allow mining in Boundary Waters watershed
The proposal suggests removing the 20-year protection on the Superior National Forest that President Joe Biden's administration had ordered in 2023.
Ann Johnson Stewart wins special election, giving DFL control of Minnesota Senate
Western Twin Cities suburban candidates Johnson Stewart and Republican Kathleen Fowke were the only Senate candidates on the ballot.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar defeats GOP challenger Royce White
Klobuchar won her fourth six-year term in the U.S. Senate.
Gov. Tim Walz will return to Minnesota after Trump victory blocks him from becoming vice president
Walz's attempt to join Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale as the only Minnesotans to ascend to the vice presidency was unsuccessful.
