Driver dies on I-35 in Lakeville after fleeing from crash and then striking semi
A 39-year-old Burnsville man is dead after he rear-ended a car and then a semi-truck on Interstate 35 in Lakeville.
Mark Elliot Pasvogel, 39, was driving a 2022 Lincoln Aviator about 1:30 a.m. Saturday on southbound I-35 near 210th Street West in Lakeville when he rear ended a 2020 Toyota Corolla. He fled the scene of the crash and continued, rear-ending a semi-truck and trailer at “a high rate of speed,” according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
His vehicle then went off the road and into the median, struck a cable barrier and rolled. Pasvogel was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene. He was not wearing a seatbelt and it is believed that alcohol was a factor in the crashes, according to the State Patrol.
Nobody else was injured in the two crashes.
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