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Update: Fatal Kandiyohi Co Crash

Authorities have released the name of the truck driver that died when the vehicle collided with a railroad bridge in Kandiyohi County Tuesday morning on the east side of Willmar.

The State Patrol says 67-year-old Terry Vreeman of Spicer died from injuries he sustained in the crash.

Vreeman was driving a straight truck northbound on Highway 71 when the vehicle collided with the railroad bridge just before 7:30am.

The Patrol says Vreeman was not wearing a seatbelt.