Patrol IDs minivan driver killed in three-vehicle crash on I-494

The victim is a 78-year-old man from Golden Valley, the patrol said.

February 18, 2020 at 3:03PM
This crash occurred about 1:15 p.m. Monday on eastbound Interstate 494 near the France Avenue exit, according to the State Patrol. Credit: MnDOT traffic camera
This crash occurred about 1:15 p.m. Monday on eastbound Interstate 494 near the France Avenue exit, according to the State Patrol. Credit: MnDOT traffic camera (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A 78-year-old minivan driver was killed in a three-vehicle crash involving a semitrailer truck Monday afternoon on a Bloomington interstate.

The crash occurred about 1:15 p.m. on eastbound Interstate 494 near the France Avenue exit, according to the State Patrol.

Werner Remmen, of Golden Valley, was taken to HCMC and died, the patrol said. The other drivers were not injured.

Remmen drifted out of the exit lane leading to France Avenue, sideswiped a compact SUV and then struck the semi, the patrol said.

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