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Minnesota woman dies in 2-vehicle crash on Interstate 94 in Fargo-Moorhead

Injuries of others involved in the crash were not available per the initial report by the Minnesota State Patrol.

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Law enforcement vehicles closed the eastbound Interstate 94 bridge over the Red River between Fargo and Moorhead for two hours on Sunday, May 7, 2023, due to a crash that resulted in a woman's death.
Michael Vosburg/The Forum

MOORHEAD — A Breckenridge, Minn., woman is dead after two vehicles collided in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 94 late Sunday morning, May 7, at the Red River bridge, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

The extent of injuries to others in the vehicles involved hadn't yet been determined by the time the Patrol released an initial report on the accident at 4:47 p.m.

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The crash was reported about 11:29 a.m., though a description of the accident was not included in the initial report.

The woman who died was identified as Shalie Dawn Lipp, 21, of Breckenridge. She was a passenger in a 2015 Chevrolet Malibu driven by Joseph Vital Trottier, 35, of West Fargo.

The other vehicle involved in the crash was a 2017 Jeep Cherokee driven by Michael John Duea, 63, of Savage, Minn. His passengers were Kymberli Ann Duea, 58, of Savage, and Steven Vincent Duea, 66, of Otsego, Minn.

The crash backed up traffic for two hours Sunday, forcing eastbound traffic to be diverted off the freeway to Fargo’s South University Drive.

Traffic on I-94 was reopened about 1:40 p.m.

Helmut Schmidt is a business reporter at The Forum. He’s a German import, arriving in the United States about a decade after the Volkswagen beetle. After graduating high school in Cottage Grove, Minn., he served in the U.S. Army as a microwave radio operator and repairman. He earned a journalism degree from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, then started at the Albert Lea Tribune in southeastern Minnesota, where he served three years as its managing editor. At The Forum, he has covered various beats, including K-12 schools, city government, cops and courts, and the business community. Contact Helmut at 701-241-5583 or hschmidt@forumcomm.com.
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