State Patrol identifies woman killed in crash on Hwy. 13 in Burnsville

The driver who rear-ended a box truck and died was not wearing a seat belt.

March 13, 2019 at 3:27AM
Scene of fatal crash in Burnsville Monday.
Scene of fatal crash in Burnsville Monday. (Terry Sauer/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Minnesota State Patrol has identified a woman killed in a crash on Hwy. 13 Monday in Burnsville as Shukri Yusuf Mohamed.

A northbound box truck that had stopped at a red light in the right lane at County Road 11 had just started to move after the light turned green when it was hit from behind by Mohamed, said Lt. Gordon Shank of the patrol.

Mohamed, 25, of Burnsville, was driving a Toyota RAV4 and was not wearing a seat belt when the collision occurred about 3:30 p.m. the patrol said.

Neither the truck driver nor his passenger were injured.

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