Crime & Safety
State Patrol Involved In Chain-Reaction Crash On Highway 169
Injuries and massive traffic delays in the south metro resulted from a crash Thursday involving a Minnesota State Patrol squad car.
SHAKOPEE, MN — Two people were injured on Highway 169 Thursday after a Minnesota State Patrol (MSP) squad car was struck while at a traffic stop. The crash occurred at 12:35 p.m. and involved thee vehicles. The incident led to massive traffic back ups for miles on the highway.
The squad car was on a traffic stop on northbound Highway 169 at the exit ramp to County Road 21. A 2001 Chevy Malibu was driving north in the left lane when it suddenly swerved towards the trooper, according to MSP.
Before the squad was hit, the Malibu was broadsided by a 2012 Chevy Silverado, causing it to strike the squad car in the rear left side of the vehicle.
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The driver of the Malibu, Chad Michael Allen, 29, of Duluth, was transported to HCMC for non-life threatening injuries.
The driver of the Silverado, Amy Jane Puncochar, 55, of New Prague also suffered non-life threatening injuries.
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Michael Lee Fredrickson, the trooper in the squad car, did not suffer injury.
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