Brooklyn Center police are on the way to a crash on southbound Hwy. 252 in the vicinity of 66th Avenue. It sounds as if three vehicles are involved.
Road work on the northbound lanes of 494 from about I-394 up to County 6 has the freeway down to a single lane. That road work should be completed by 7 a.m.
Here are some current travel times:
North metro
Southbound 35W from 95th Avenue to downtown Minneapolis: 15 minutes
Southbound 35E from County 96 to I-94: 10 minutes.
Eastbound Hwy. 10 from Hwy. 169 to 35W: 12 minutes
Westbound 694 from 35E to Hwy. 252: 10 minutes. Eastbound is 10 minutes.