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Driver dies after hitting I-94 median head-on

The State Patrol says the driver, a 53-year-old man from Brooklyn Park, was traveling at a high rate of speed Sunday night when he hit a guardrail and lost control.
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A man is dead after losing control of his vehicle and hitting a median head-on Sunday night on I-94 near 49th Ave.

MINNEAPOLIS — A man is dead after the car he was driving struck a guardrail on I-94 in Minneapolis and then careened into a median in Minneapolis Sunday evening. 

The State Patrol website says the driver, a 53-year-old Brooklyn Park man, was traveling in the northbound lanes of the interstate just after 8 p.m. at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the 2016, made contact with the guardrail and then hit the median head-on near 49th Ave. 

More information on the crash will be released Monday afternoon. At this point, it is not clear whether alcohol or drugs were involved in the incident. 

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