Evergreen, MN – One person is dead following a collision with a semi in Becker County Thursday night.
State troopers say just before 10 p.m. Thursday, a semi was backing into a driveway on the northside of U.S. Highway 87 in Evergreen, when an SUV that was heading west on Highway 87 drove underneath the semi-trailer.
The driver of the SUV was pronounced deceased. The semi driver from Menahga was not injured. The identity of the SUV driver is being withheld pending notification of family.
The State Patrol was assisted by the Detroit Lakes, Wolf Lake, and Frazee Fire Departments, Frazee Police, and the Becker County Sheriff’s Office.
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