{"id":2952,"date":"2025-12-14T05:55:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T11:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2025-12-14T05:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T11:55:44","slug":"rice-thief-river-falls-man-killed-in-semi-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/rice-thief-river-falls-man-killed-in-semi-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Rice: Thief River Falls Man Killed in Semi Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rice, Benton County<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A Thief River Falls man is dead after a single-vehicle semi crash on Highway 10 near Rice.<\/p>\n

What happened<\/h2>\n

The Minnesota State Patrol says the crash happened around 1 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025.<\/p>\n

Troopers say a 2017 Mack semi was traveling eastbound on Highway 10 at milepost 164 in Rice.<\/p>\n

The vehicle left the roadway and went into a ditch.<\/p>\n

The State Patrol lists this incident in its St. Cloud district.<\/p>\n

Officials reported the road was dry at the time.<\/p>\n

No alcohol was listed as a factor.<\/p>\n

Driver identified<\/h2>\n

The driver was identified as Gary Ray Srnsky, 69, of Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n

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The State Patrol reported fatal injuries.<\/p>\n

No hospital was listed in the report.<\/p>\n

Vehicle and safety details<\/h2>\n

The State Patrol lists the vehicle as a 2017 Mack semi.<\/p>\n

Airbags did not deploy, according to the incident entry.<\/p>\n

The crash involved an unbelted and unrestrained occupant.<\/p>\n

Agencies that responded<\/h2>\n

Several agencies assisted at the scene.<\/p>\n

They included BNSF.<\/p>\n

They also included the Rice Fire Department and Mayo Ambulance.<\/p>\n

Other responding agencies included the Benton County Sheriff\u2019s Office and the Rice Police Department.<\/p>\n

Where to find updates<\/h2>\n

The public incident entry is posted on the Minnesota State Patrol\u2019s Crash Updates site.<\/p>\n

It lists the case number as 25604127.<\/p>\n

You can view the entry here: MSP Crash Updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For case information, the State Patrol listed 320-223-6666<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Seat belt reminder<\/h2>\n

Minnesota law requires drivers and passengers to wear seat belts in most situations.<\/p>\n

The Department of Public Safety outlines the rules and common exceptions.<\/p>\n

Read more here: Minnesota seat belt law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The statute is also posted online: Minn. Stat. \u00a7 169.686<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NHTSA says seat belts cut the risk of fatal injury by about half for front-seat occupants.<\/p>\n

More information is available here: Seat Belts Save Lives<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Information is believed to be complete. The State Patrol incident page listed the last update at 5:39 a.m. on Dec. 11, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rice, Benton County (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 A Thief River Falls man is dead after a single-vehicle semi crash on Highway 10 near Rice. What happened The Minnesota State Patrol says the crash happened around 1 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. Troopers say a 2017 Mack semi was traveling eastbound on Highway 10 at milepost 164 in… Continue reading Rice: Thief River Falls Man Killed in Semi Crash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[16],"tags":[1791,3288,998,827,3290,3293,2169,3289,2362,3292,151,1013,3287,3295,824,3294,163,3291,825,778],"class_list":["post-2952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accidents","tag-accidents","tag-benton-county","tag-crash","tag-falls","tag-fatal-crash","tag-gary-ray-srnsky","tag-highway-10","tag-hwy-10-crash","tag-killed","tag-mack-semi","tag-man","tag-minnesota-state-patrol","tag-rice-mn","tag-rice","tag-river","tag-seat-belt","tag-semi","tag-semi-crash","tag-thief","tag-thief-river-falls","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2956,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952\/revisions\/2956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}