All lanes on a north metro freeway are back open Thursday morning after a small plane made an emergency landing Wednesday night, striking at least one vehicle and forcing authorities to close the road for several hours.
Small plane makes emergency landing on Interstate 35W
December 4, 2020 at 4:58AM
The plane was towed overnight from the crash site on Interstate 35W, just south of Interstate 694 near Arden Hills and New Brighton.
According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the plane landed in the northbound lanes near County Road E2.
The Minnesota State Patrol said the single-engine Bellanca Viking plane made an emergency landing just before 9:30 p.m. As the plane landed, it crashed into another vehicle on the interstate but nobody was injured.
The State Patrol identified the pilot of the plane as 52-year-old Craig Gifford of Minneapolis.
According to MnDOT, northbound I-35W is closed on County Road E2 for the next several hours.
The pilot was the only person inside the plane, and was not injured in the emergency landing, according to the State Patrol.
