Canby man, 81, killed in Yellow Medicine County crash involving semi

The State Patrol said the road was snowy and icy at the time of the crash.

January 4, 2020 at 11:21PM

An 81-year-old man died Saturday when his car crashed into a semitrailer truck on a rural highway in western Minnesota.

Sigmund Delano Armitage of Canby, Minn., was killed in the crash on Hwy. 75 in Hammer Township, in Yellow Medicine County, which occurred about 5:30 a.m., the State Patrol said. He was not wearing a seat belt, the patrol said.

The semi driver, 56-year-old Dean Allan Anderson of Campbell, Minn., was not injured.

The State Patrol said the road was snowy and icy at the time of the crash. Alcohol was not involved.

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Katy Read writes for the Minnesota Star Tribune's Inspired section. She previously covered Carver County and western Hennepin County as well as aging, workplace issues and other topics since she began at the paper in 2011.

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