Trucker dies in Stearns County crash

The semi went off an overpass and plunged onto a road below Interstate 94.

March 2, 2022 at 10:08PM

A semitrailer truck driver died Tuesday in a crash on Interstate 94 in Stearns County when his rig went off an overpass and plunged onto a road below.

Randal Lee Miller, 60, of Rush City, was driving east on the freeway at about 10:30 a.m. when his truck went off the left side of the freeway and landed under the bridge on Jade Road below, the State Patrol said.

Miller was not wearing a seat belt and he died at the scene, the patrol said.

Alcohol was not believed to have been a factor in the crash. No other vehicles were involved in the wreck, the patrol said.

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