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Suspected drunk wrong-way driver on I-35W causes serious injury crash involving 3 vehicles

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 6:12 PM · 1 min read
Suspected drunk wrong-way driver on I-35W causes serious injury crash involving 3 vehicles — KSTP 5, Chanhassen Community news
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The Minnesota State Patrol says that a wrong-way driver might have been drunk when he caused a three-vehicle crash in Bloomington on Monday afternoon. According to the investigators, 78-year-old James Douglas Haines entered the 82nd Street ramp just before 4 p.m., going southbound in the northbound lane of I-35W. That s when officials say he crashed into a Honda Civic driven by a 32-year-old woman and an Acura RDX driven by a 24-year-old woman. PREVIOUS: 3-vehicle crash causes injuries on I-35W in Bloomington According to the incident report, the 32-year-old, Sophia Georgia Kortz Ganapes of Minneapolis, is battling life-threatening injuries. Haines also has life-threatening injuries and the Acura driver was not injured. No charges have been filed in this case, and an investigation is ongoing. The post Suspected drunk wrong-way driver on I-35W causes serious injury crash involving 3 vehicles first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News.

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