A semitrailer truck driver veered off a west-central Minnesota highway, crashed and died, authorities said.
The rollover wreck occurred roughly 5 miles north of Appleton along eastbound Hwy. 12 about 9 a.m. Monday, the State Patrol said.
The driver was identified as Douglas J. Anderson, 72, of Boyd, Minn.
Emergency medical responders took Anderson to a hospital in Appleton, where he died.
The patrol has yet to disclose what led to the truck going off the highway and into a ditch.
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