An 81-year-old man died Saturday when his car crashed into a semitrailer truck on a rural highway in western Minnesota.
Sigmund Delano Armitage of Canby, Minn., was killed in the crash on Hwy. 75 in Hammer Township, in Yellow Medicine County, which occurred about 5:30 a.m., the State Patrol said. He was not wearing a seat belt, the patrol said.
The semi driver, 56-year-old Dean Allan Anderson of Campbell, Minn., was not injured.
The State Patrol said the road was snowy and icy at the time of the crash. Alcohol was not involved.
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