MINNEAPOLIS — A fatal crash near Minnetonka closed 1-394 eastbound near Minnetonka for several hours Friday morning as the incident was reconstructed and the road cleared. As of 7 a.m. the interstate was open and traffic was flowing again.
The Minnesota State Patrol said the crash happened just before 4 a.m., and that the interstate would be closed between Plymouth Road and Ridgedale Drive near the Ridgedale Mall until further notice.
Investigators said a Jeep Wrangler was driving the wrong way on I-394, heading west in the eastbound lanes after getting on the interstate from 6th Street in Minneapolis. The Jeep eventually struck a Chrysler Sebring that was heading east head-on at Plymouth Road.
State troopers tell KARE 11 the 30-year-old driver of the Chrysler was the person killed in the crash, and the Sebring's passenger was taken to HCMC with non life-threatening injuries. The Jeep's driver was also taken to the hospital, and officials say that person is also expected to survive.
Alcohol was a factor in the crash, according to police.
On Feb. 20, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner said the man was identified as 30-year-old Alan Alexander Caraveo of Melrose.
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