Accident in Brooklyn Park leaves one person dead. The vehicle overturns and lands in a stream

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (FOX 9) – One person died after approx the vehicle overturned and landed in the stream Brooklyn Park.

What we know

Brooklyn Park police say they received a call just before 8:30 a.m. Thursday near Green Haven Drive and County Road 81.

A witness who called 911 reported that the vehicle had overturned.

The officers who arrived at the scene noticed that after leaving the highway, the vehicle had overturned and was underwater in the stream.

Authorities say Brooklyn Park firefighters “worked tirelessly to extricate the driver,” but because of the rain, water levels in the creek were higher and flowing faster.

Tow trucks then pulled the vehicle out of the water to reach the driver.

The ambulance that arrived at the scene pronounced the driver dead.

What we don’t know

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner is expected to release the driver’s name and cause of death at a later date.

Background

Minnesota State Patrol reported that its troopers responded to 169 crashes on Halloween as of 2 p.m

As of this writing, the Brooklyn Park accident was the only one resulting in a fatality.

Other accidents included 152 accidents resulting in property damage, 16 accidents resulting in injuries and 94 vehicles that went off the road.