New London woman dies when her dump truck veers off road

The 60-year-old woman wasn't wearing a seat belt when the truck rolled over.

August 21, 2020 at 2:33AM

A 60-year-old woman died Thursday afternoon in Kandiyohi County when the dump truck she was driving veered off the road and into a ditch and then rolled over, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

Pamela Kay Woltjer of New London was driving a Mack dump truck south on Hwy. 23 north of NE. 199th Avenue near New London about 12:30 p.m.

After rolling over, the truck came to rest on its passenger side. Woltjer wasn't wearing a seat belt, the patrol said.

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Erin Adler is a suburban reporter covering Dakota and Scott counties for the Minnesota Star Tribune, working breaking news shifts on Sundays. She previously spent three years covering K-12 education in the south metro and five months covering Carver County.

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