4 Injured In Wrong-Way Crash On I-35: MSP

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Four people were injured, and two people were critically injured, Sunday night as their car drove the wrong way down I-35 in Minneapolis and collided with another car, the Minnesota State Patrol reports.

Maung Soe, 34, of St. Paul, was driving his Toyota Corolla southbound in the northbound lanes of I-35 near 31st Street, according to the MSP. At around 11 p.m. Sunday, his Corolla collided with a Chevrolet Malibu traveling north. Soe and his passenger, 31-year-old Ker Ker of Vernon, Texas, were both transported to the Hennepin County Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. It is unknown if they were wearing their seatbelts.

The two people in the Malibu – a 23-year-old woman from New Hope and a 22-year-old man from Georgia, were also transported to HCMC with non-life-threatening injuries, MSP says. They were both wearing seatbelts.

Troopers say alcohol may have been a factor, but the incident remains under investigation.