LITTLE FALLS (WJON News) -- A Hillman man was killed in a crash with a semi.

The Minnesota State Patrol says the incident happened Tuesday just after 10:00 a.m. on Highway 10 just west of Little Falls.

Both vehicles were traveling west with the car ahead of the semi when the car made a sudden brake and a sharp turn to the left toward the median crossover.  The car was struck by the semi struck the driver's side door.

The driver of the car, 83-year-old Paul Yetzer of Hillman, died.  He was not wearing a seatbelt.

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The semi driver, 62-year-old Chad Winter of Fosston, had non-life-threatening injuries but was not taken to the hospital.

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