Campobello man involved in fatal accident

Published 10:09 pm Monday, October 14, 2019

Local truck driver not injured in a Minnesota wreck

MINNESOTA—A man from Nebraska was killed Wednesday after his van collided with a tractor-trailer in Minnesota driven by a Campobello, S.C. man. 

Mohammed Abdullah Adam, 39, was killed when his Ford Econoline made contact with a Freightliner Wednesday around 5:30 p.m., according to reports. 

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Leonid Mashtalyar, 42, of Campobello was driving the truck. Mashtalyar was not injured, according to reports. 

The van passed the truck and then changed lanes, according to reports. The van clipped the front corner of the semi and rolled into the median. 

Adam was pronounced dead at the scene. 

The crash remains under investigation.