Drivers blocked freeway lanes late Sunday in Richfield, doing burnouts and shooting off fireworks
In the latest case of drivers behaving badly on metro roads, several motorists blocked traffic Sunday night on a west metro freeway, some doing burnouts by spinning their tires in place and others setting off fireworks. No crashes were reported, and no one was cited as troopers were unable to locate any of the vehicles involved, State Patrol spokesman Lt. Gordon Shank said. But the incident was under investigation, he said.
Minnesota Department of Transportation traffic cameras captured the activities about 10:35 p.m. on westbound Interstate 494 in the vicinity of S. 12th Avenue in Richfield. The traffic blockade lasted just a couple of minutes.
About the same time, the State Patrol received reports of lanes being blocked near Lyndale Avenue, Shank said. It was not immediately clear how many drivers were involved in the shenanigans that for a short time blocked all westbound lanes, Shank said. MnDOT video posted to social media shows a pack of vehicles, their flashers on, halted on the freeway and some drivers standing outside their vehicles. A few on the right shoulder appear to be setting off fireworks.
Just last weekend, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and several other law enforcement agencies stopped more than 150 drivers as part of a crackdown on street racing in downtown Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs.
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Will it ever end?
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