State Patrol: Driver Killed Fleeing from a Crash

LAKEVILLE (WJON News) -- The Minnesota State Patrol says the driver of a car was killed after he sped away from a crash and then hit a semi.

The incident happened at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday on Southbound Interstate 35 in Lakeville in Dakota County.

The car initially rear-ended another car but then continued to go southbound where it rear-ended a semi at a high rate of speed.

The car then went into the center median where it hit the cable barriers and rolled causing the driver to be ejected.

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The man who died has been identified as 39-year-old Mark Pasvogel of Burnsville.

The drivers of the other car and the semi were not hurt.

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