Snow brings flurry of car crashes Sunday, including one fatality

A few hours after a snowstorm landed in Minnesota on Sunday morning, the State Patrol reported dozens of car crashes including one fatality, 13 injury accidents, 116 vehicle spinouts and five jackknifed semi-trucks.

Those numbers were current as of 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

Most of the snow and wind will sweep through tonight leaving mostly rain across the metro on Monday. From Monday night into Tuesday there may be some light snow or ice with the possibility of light freezing rain as the temperature drops below 32 degrees, according to the National Weather Service Twin Cities.

The fatality happened in Burnsville. A State Patrol report gave the following details:

Elizabeth Marie Evans, 51, of Lakeville died after her vehicle ran off the freeway and struck a tree in Burnsville. The single-vehicle crash occurred about 12:15 p.m. when the 2015 Toyota RAV4 Evans was driving veered off the road from northbound Interstate 35E approaching County Road 42 and struck a tree, authorities said.

Evans was taken to Regions Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

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