Tracks show rig’spath. Trucks out of control with gusts to 55 mph. Image: Minnesota Transportation Department
Heavy winds expected through roughly 4 p.m.
ST. CHARLES, Minn. – A jack-knifed truck and semi-trailer blocked one set of lanes on Interstate 90 west of St. Charles during heavy snow. Said trucker David Long: “The wind was pushing my trailer out of my lane a few times. Not a good feeling.” Other jack-knife wrecks on I-90 occurred near near:
> The Marion exit to Chatfield and Rochester.
> The Dexter exit to Grand Meadow.
> The Petron-Oakland exit west of Austin.