Young man dies in car-trailer crash on rural Minnesota highway

Hartland, MN (KROC-AM News) – A young Minnesota man was killed early Thursday morning in a head-on collision with a semi-trailer truck on a rural road in southern Minnesota.

He was traveling by car. The State Patrol responded to the fatal accident shortly after 3:30 a.m.

The car and tractor-trailer collided on Highway 13 near the intersection with Freeborn County Road 35, about 15 miles north of Albert Lea.

The semi-truck was traveling south on Highway 13 while the car was traveling north on the two-lane highway when the two vehicles collided, the state accident report says.

26-year-old driver killed in semi-trailer crash in Freeborn County

Authorities said the driver who died was a 26-year-old man from Hartland, Minnesota. His name and other information about his death have not been released.

The truck driver was identified as 80-year-old Dwight Craig Kleinschrodt. He suffered injuries that were not life-threatening according to the accident report and was taken to a hospital in nearby Albert Lea for further treatment.

Kleinschrodt was wearing a seatbelt and was not under the influence of alcohol, the State Patrol said.

The Waseca County Sheriff's Office, New Richland Police Department, Freeborn County Sheriff's Office, New Richland Fire Department, Hartland Fire Department and Mayo Clinic Ambulance also responded to the fatal accident.

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