Golden Valley Rd has reopened after police and firefighters cleared a crash scene at Golden Valley Rd and Kyle Place involving a late afternoon head-on collision between a dump truck and a passenger vehicle. The crash, which occurred Wednesday, June 25 around 3:30 pm, closed Golden Valley Rd to through traffic between Noble Ave N and Hidden Lakes Parkway.
Golden Valley police and firefighters arrived to find the driver of the passenger vehicle trapped inside. Firefighters used the jaws of life to extricate the driver, who was transported to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale.
Golden Valley Fire Chief Bethany Brunsell and Assistant Police Chief-CLEO Alice White thank the staff from Golden Valley Fire, Golden Valley Police, North Memorial Medical Center, Hennepin Healthcare, Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, and Twin Cities Transport & Recovery "for their great work at this incident, despite very challenging weather conditions," adding that "the teamwork between agencies is vital to our ability to provide the best possible service to our community.”