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Fatal crash closes northbound Hwy. 100 in Brooklyn Center

By Mike Hughlett

October 24, 2021 at 3:43AM
A fatal crash occurred Saturday night around 9:30 p.m. on Hwy. 100 near the Humboldt Avenue exit, just south of Interstate 694. (Minnesota Department of Transportation/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A deadly automobile accident in Brooklyn Center shut down a stretch of northbound Hwy. 100 late Saturday night.

The Minnesota State Patrol said it was investigating the fatal crash but had no further details. The crash occurred around 9:30 p.m. on Hwy. 100 near the Humboldt Avenue exit, just south of Interstate 694.

Northbound Hwy. 100 from 57th Avenue in Brooklyn Center to Interstate 694 will be closed for an "extended amount of time," the State Police said around 10 p.m. Saturday.

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Mike Hughlett covers energy and other topics for the Minnesota Star Tribune, where he has worked since 2010. Before that he was a reporter at newspapers in Chicago, St. Paul, New Orleans and Duluth.

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