A 45-year-old St. Paul man died Friday morning after he sped through a red light while heading northbound on U.S. Highway 61 and crashed into another vehicle.
The accident took place about 5:20 a.m. at the intersection of U.S. Highway 61 and Lower Afton Road in St. Paul, according to the State Patrol.
Oliver Jermain Watkins struck a vehicle turning eastbound from Lower Afton Road onto southbound U.S. 61.
The driver of the other vehicle, a 61-year-old female from St. Paul, was uninjured.
She was wearing a seat belt at the time. Watkins was not.
The agency closed northbound U.S. 61 Friday morning while it investigated the crash.