Patrol IDs man killed in I-35W crash; passenger severely injured

The car veered off the interstate and hit a tree, according to the patrol.

October 20, 2019 at 10:50PM
Clovin McVay Credit: Facebook
Clovin McVay Credit: Facebook (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Authorities have identified the motorist who crashed his car along a Bloomington interstate and died.

Clovin McVay Jr., 52, of Burnsville, was heading south about 12:15 p.m. Saturday on Interstate 35W near 94th Street, where he drifted to the right into a ditch and struck a tree, the State Patrol said.

A passenger, Allen Suggs Jr., 48, of Minneapolis, was taken to HCMC with life-threatening injuries.

The patrol said McVay did not have on a seat belt, while Suggs did.

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