DULUTH – A 78-year-old Carlton woman died Tuesday after the vehicle she was in left Interstate 35 and plunged into the St. Louis River, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
78-year-old dies after vehicle plunges into St. Louis River
The crash happened near Cloquet Tuesday afternoon.
August 11, 2021 at 2:18AM
Barbara Jean Kimber was a passenger in a Ford Explorer that was heading south on I-35 near Cloquet when the vehicle left the road near a bridge just after noon.
The 80-year-old driver was not identified, and his condition was not made available.
Traffic was backed up on I-35 Tuesday afternoon as a crane lifted the 2004 Ford Explorer from the river several hours after the crash, according to KBJR.
The incident remains under investigation.
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