Baby killed on icy I-35 Wednesday in Owatonna; dozens more injured across Minnesota
OWATONNA, Minn. — The Minnesota State Patrol says a baby died in a crash Wednesday morning on an icy Interstate 35 in Owatonna.
A pickup truck driven by a 25-year-old Owatonna man went off the interstate and into a ditch near Steele County Road 9 at about 7:41 a.m., the state patrol says.
There were two young passengers inside the truck: an infant boy and a 4-year-old girl, both from Owatonna. The state patrol says the baby was killed and the girl and man survived with injuries not considered life-threatening.
The state patrol says there were 454 other crashes on Wednesday, with 34 people reported injured. There were also 102 vehicles reported to have gone off roads and 34 spinouts.
Eighteen semi-trucks also jackknifed across Minnesota, with five cases occurring in a two-hour span on Interstate 94 near the town of Downer, located a few miles southwest of Moorhead.
