Traffic Deaths

We are nearing the end of 2023 and the amount of traffic fatalities in the state is concerning. The Minnesota Department of Transportation are reporting 339 traffic fatalities so far in 2023.

The State Patrol has identified 20-year-old James Lapsley, of Prior Lake, as the driver of a car, a 2012Ford Fusion, that went off Interstate 35W just south of the Burnsville Parkway exit around 7:15 a.m. Saturday and slammed into a sound barrier, killing 19-year-old Kayli Thompson of Apple Valley.