Man dies in single-vehicle crash in Minneapolis

Police say a woman may have been operating the vehicle while impaired when the crash occurred.

July 16, 2023 at 5:46PM

A man died early Sunday morning in a single-vehicle crash at the intersection of Hiawatha Avenue and 26th Street E. in Minneapolis, police said.

The woman driving the vehicle was injured and may have been impaired, Minneapolis police said preliminary evidence showed.

Police said the car struck a pole about 2 a.m. When officers arrived, they found the man unresponsive in the passenger seat and the driver being treated by emergency medical workers.

The man was declared dead at the scene, and the woman was taken to HCMC, police said in a news release.

A firearm was found in the vehicle, and homicide investigators were called, police said.

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