A 68-year-old man died when a semi-truck rear-ended his vehicle in Lakeville on Friday, authorities said.

Gerald Paul Tuma was driving a GM Sierra pickup that was pulled onto the right shoulder of northbound Dodd Boulevard south of County Road 70, according to the preliminary investigation into the 10:30 a.m. crash.

A 68-year-old woman driving a Mack truck rear-ended Tuma’s vehicle, said Lakeville Police Chief Brad Paulson.

Tuma, of Lakeville, died in the emergency room at M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Medics treated the semi driver at the scene and she was released. There were no indications of chemical impairment, Paulson said.

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