MANKATO, Minn. — The driver of a semi has died after his rig left a highway and crashed into a hotel in Mankato.
Larry Tiede, 64, of Waseca, was eastbound Monday afternoon when the semi veered off on Highway 14, crossed a road and smashed into some pillars at River Hills Hotel, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
No one at the hotel was injured.
The patrol says Tiede was not wearing a seat belt.
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