Woman dies in tractor-trailer accident in Glyndon

Glyndon, MN – On Friday afternoon (May 24) at approximately 3:30 p.m., State Troopers responded to a crash on I-94 between a semi-truck and a passenger vehicle near mile marker 6.

According to the state report, the passenger vehicle was traveling westbound on I-94 in heavy rain when it left the road, caught in the guardrail and reentered the westbound lane, where it collided with a tractor-trailer with a trailer.

Barbara Klasinski, 90, of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, died at the scene of the accident.

Jean Stroik, 91, of Stevens Point, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Sanford Hospital for treatment.

The driver of the semi-trailer and the two other occupants of the passenger car were uninjured.

The Minnesota State Patrol was assisted by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Glyndon Fire, Moorhead Fire and FM Ambulance.