Interstate 35W

MnDOT is testing safety cameras, uh, in work zones, like this one behind me on 35, to see if it will make them safer.

So starting today, a camera is up and running along 35W in this construction zone here in Burnsville.

MnDOT tells us that drivers will see bright orange signs letting them know when they're entering an area where the cameras are active.

If you're going 10 miles over the posted work zone speed limit, the camera will capture your vehicle and license plate number, and you could get a warning letter in the mail.

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The accident happened about 4:12 in the morning when police say a semi exiting southbound I-35W and crossing 4th Street Southeast hit a vehicle with seven occupants in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood.

Two males in the front seat and a female in the rear seat died at the scene, according to Minneapolis Police.

The two males were 15 years old.

A two-vehicle collision near the University of Minnesota early this morning left three people dead and four others injured.

It happened about 4.10 a few blocks west of the University of Minnesota at the exit to Southeast 4th Street from southbound Interstate 35W, according to police.

A car with seven passengers hit a semi-trailer truck that had just exited I-35W a few blocks west of the university.

Three people in the car dead at the scene, four others taken by emergency responders to a hospital.