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Driver escapes serious injury
in overpass plunge
Associated Press
January 8,2014-6:50 AM
LITTLE CANADA, Minn.—A driver escaped serious injury when her pickup truck flew off an
icy interstate overpass and onto a frozen pond below in a Twin Cities suburb.
Thick ice on the pond in Little Canada prevented the pickup from breaking through Tuesday.
Fifty-four-year-old Anne Spiess,of Maplewood,was taken to a local hospital with non-life
threatening injuries.
Video from the Minnesota Department of Transportation(http://on.fb.me/1fcT11d)shows the
truck flying over a railing on the overpass before crashing below.
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