Construction worker hit by traffic barrel

A construction worker is recovering after being hit by a flying orange barrel. The worker was setting up barrels to close a lane on Highway 36 in Oakdale. The incident was captured on MnDOT video, which shows a driver plowing into the barrels, sending one of them into the worker. The Minnesota State Patrol says the worker was taken to the hospital, and is expected to recover. The driver who hit the barrels drove off. Troopers are working to identify him.

3-year-old in coma after wrong-way crash

Friends and family members are rallying around a 3-year-old girl who was the only survivor in a wrong-way crash in Oakdale two weeks ago. Nevaeh Ripka was buckled in and asleep in the back seat when a real-life nightmare changed her life forever.

Trailer hangs over 694 overpass in Oakdale, Minn.

A crash along I-694 in Oakdale has left a semi's trailer hanging over the side of an overpass. Traffic cameras show the jack-knifed semi blocking northbound lanes on I-694 over County Road 14. An alert from MnDOT says I-694 is expected to be closed for three hours.