Authorities have identified a Burnsville motorist who was killed in a single-vehicle crash last weekend on Interstate 35E.

Joseph Ferdinand Bluemke, 68, was killed at 9:41 a.m. Sunday on northbound I-35E at Dakota County Road 11 in Burnsville when the Volvo S60 he was driving left the roadway, went into the ditch and hit a sign before coming to rest on County Road 11, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

Bluemke was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which remains under investigation. The State Patrol did report that weather and alcohol were not factors.

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