31 July 2023
WALTER TOWNSHIP, Minn. A man was killed in a two-vehicle crash involving a semi Friday, July 28, in Lac qui Parle County.
Joseph Spors, 74, of Bellingham, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, reported at 11:36 a.m. Friday at the intersection of Lac qui Parle County Road 7 and Lac qui Parle County Road 30 in Walter Township, according to a news release from the Lac qui Parle County Sheriff’s Office.
According to the release, a 2020 straight Mack truck driven by Eugene Wrobleski, 66, of Benson, was traveling westbound on County Road 30, and Spors was driving a Ford pickup truck southbound on County Road 7 when the vehicles collided at the intersection. Both vehicles left the roadway and came to a rest in the ditch.
Wrobleski was transported to the Ortonville Hospital for treatment of “unknown injuries,” according to the news release.
The incident is currently under investigation by the Lac qui Parle County Sheriff’s Office.
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