Patrol IDs driver killed in single-vehicle crash west of the Twin Cities

The State Patrol said the motorist was not wearing his seat belt.

February 27, 2023 at 1:50PM

A driver died in a single-vehicle crash west of the Twin Cities, official said.

The rollover wreck occurred about 7:10 p.m. Sunday on eastbound Hwy. 7 about 6 miles east of Hutchinson, the State Patrol said.

The driver, 54-year-old Dean Nathaniel Christopherson, of nearby Silver Lake, was not wearing a seat belt, the patrol said.

about the writer

about the writer

Paul Walsh

Reporter

Paul Walsh is a general assignment reporter at the Minnesota Star Tribune. He wants your news tips, especially in and near Minnesota.

See Moreicon

More from No Section

See More
FILE -- A rent deposit slot at an apartment complex in Tucker, Ga., on July 21, 2020. As an eviction crisis has seemed increasingly likely this summer, everyone in the housing market has made the same plea to Washington: Send money — lots of it — that would keep renters in their homes and landlords afloat. (Melissa Golden/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: XNYT58
Melissa Golden/The New York Times

It’s too soon to tell how much the immigration crackdown is to blame.