CASS COUNTY -- A Cohasset, Minn., man died Wednesday after a crash involving a semitrailer in Cass County, according to a Minnesota State Patrol report.
David Lee Schildt, 61, was driving a Jeep east on Highway 200 near Locke Trail Northeast at about 8:25 p.m. when he hit the semi鈥檚 trailer. The semi had been traveling west on the highway and was backing into a private drive on the road鈥檚 south side.
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The crash killed Schildt; the MSP report does not say he was taken to a hospital. David Claire Elyea, 33, of Remer, Minn., was driving the semi and was not hurt. Both Elyea and Schildt were wearing seatbelts and alcohol was not involved in the accident, according to the patrol.
