Richard Vos Photo Source: http://www.kare11.com
Richard Vos
Age 38    Kandiyohi County, MN    October 16 2012
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Source: A 38-year-old bicyclist killed after being hit by a semi on a dark central Minnesota highway was a high school teacher. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling coach and math teacher Richard Vos died in the collision at about 4:50 a.m. Tuesday on Highway 71 in Kandiyohi County. In a posting on its blog, the school's booster club said Vos started as a teacher at the school in 1998 and was an assistant varsity wrestling coach until 2001, when he took over as head coach. The Star Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/XimBpa ) several high school athletic events were called off Tuesday. According to the State Patrol, the semi and Vos were both traveling south near County Road 34. The semi driver was identified as a 50-year-old man from Belgrade.

Collision Data

Crash time: between 3 a.m. and 5:59 a.m.

Closest Intersection:

Land use: Rural

Road type: Rural Arterial

Where on the road the collision happened: Road

Collision type: Rear-end

Driver Data

Vehicle type: Large Trucks

If truck: Commercial Truck

At crash time driver was: Don't Know

Sources

Source: News Report
Type: Newspaper
Pos/Neg: Neutral
Link if Website: http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20121017/NEWS/121019694/-1/sports

Legal Status

There is no information on legal status at this point.

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