Minnesota Man Dies During Police Chase in South Dakota
BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) - A Minnesota man was killed after authorities said he fled from a Highway Patrol trooper in South Dakota's Brookings County and crashed.
Fifty-eight-year-old Douglas Bixby, of Windom, Minnesota, died late Sunday after crashing his car into a ditch embankment and a tree.
Authorities say the chase began when the patrol received a report of an erratic driver on Interstate 29. Speeds reached 80 mph.