<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1a0Ggs_0vm40Q8W00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1a0Ggs_0vm40Q8W00" width="980" height="652" ><figcaption>TJ Leverentz</figcaption></figure>Hartland, MN (<a href="https://krocnews.com/">KROC-AM News</a>)- The <a href="https://krocnews.com/tags/minnesota-state-patrol">State Patrol</a> has identified the <a href="https://krocnews.com/tags/minnesota">Minnesota</a> man who <a href="https://krocnews.com/fatal-crash-highway-13-minnesota-car-semi/">died in a head-on crash with a construction truck</a> on a rural highway Thursday morning. First responders were dispatched to the fatal crash in <a href="https://krocnews.com/tags/freeborn-county">Freeborn County</a> shortly after 3:30 a.m. The young Hartford man was driving a car. The <a href="https://app.dps.mn.gov/MSPMedia2/IncidentDisplay/52022">updated state crash</a> report identified the killed motorist as 26-year-old Luke Mathew Hershey. He was pronounced dead at the scene. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2p1ylM_0vm40Q8W00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2p1ylM_0vm40Q8W00" width="1366" height="768" ><figcaption>Google</figcaption></figure>Hershey was not buckled up and not under the influence of alcohol, the State Patrol says. His car was traveling north on Hwy. 13 about 15 miles north of <a href="https://krocnews.com/tags/albert-lea">Albert Lea</a> when it collided with the southbound construction truck. Officials have previously identified the driver of the truck as 80-year-old Dwight Craig Kleinschrodt. The Albert Lea man suffered what the crash report describes as non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital in nearby Albert Lea for further care. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1a4Utn_0vm40Q8W00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1a4Utn_0vm40Q8W00" width="692" height="500" ><figcaption>Google</figcaption></figure>Kleinschrodt was buckled up and not under the influence of alcohol, according to the State Patrol. The Waseca County Sheriff’s Office, New Richland Police Department, <a href="https://krocnews.com/tags/freeborn-county-sheriff">Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office</a>, New Richland Fire Department, Hartland Fire Department and Mayo Clinic Ambulance also responded to the deadly crash.<h2>LOOK: Counties with the most bridges in dire need of repair in Minnesota</h2><a href="https://www.stacker.com/minnesota">Stacker</a> investigated which counties in Minnesota have the most bridges in dire need of repair using data from the <a href="https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi/no10/county22.cfm">Federal Highway Administration</a>.</div></body>

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State Patrol Identifies Victim of Fatal Minnesota Car-Construction Truck Crash

Hartland, MN (KROC-AM News)- The State Patrol has identified the Minnesota man who died in a head-on crash with a construction truck on a rural highway Thursday morning. First responders were dispatched to the fatal crash in Freeborn County shortly after 3:30 a.m. The young Hartford man was driving a car.