A portion of Hwy. 52 in Vermillion Township was temporarily closed after a BMW veered into oncoming traffic Saturday and collided head-on with a dump truck, killing the driver of the car.
Driver veers into oncoming traffic on Hwy. 52, fatally crashes into dump truck
A portion of the highway near Vermillion Township was closed Saturday.
May 14, 2023 at 2:43AM
The accident occurred just before noon near 190th Street, according to the Department of Public Safety. The driver of the BMW was heading northbound and swerved into the southbound lane.
Debris from the accident struck a Buick Lacrosse behind the dump truck, but the driver was not injured.
Authorities identified the person killed as Gabriel Christopher Lilja, a 29-year-old from St. Paul.
The dump truck driver, William George Bardon, 39, of Welch, Minn., was taken to Regions Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
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