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Sleepy Eye man killed when 2 semis collide in Watonwan County

One person was killed and another severely injured following a collision between two semi-trucks Wednesday morning in Adrian Township.

Dylan Robert Maas, a 31-year-old resident of Sleepy Eye, lost his life following a two-vehicle collision Wednesday morning in Adrian Township, Watonwan County, according to MSP.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol (MSP), a 1995 Freightliner tractor was traveling eastbound on Minnesota Highway 30, and, at the same time, a 1998 Kenworth tractor was heading southbound on County Road 5. For undetermined reasons, the vehicles collided in the intersection around 8:23 a.m.

The Freightliner driver, Dylan Robert Maas, 31, of Sleepy Eye, was killed in the crash, while the person who drove Kenworth was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, the patrol said.

Additional details on the cause of the crash were not immediately known as authorities continued to investigate the incident.

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