Highway 52 Crash In St. Paul Kills Burnsville Man

SAINT PAUL, MN — The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a fatal crash on northbound Highway 52 at Plato Boulevard in St. Paul Thursday. The crash killed Anthony Keli Kawino, 33, of Burnsville. Kawino was not wearing a seat belt in the crash, police said.

Just before 12:30 p.m. Thursday, a Chevy Malibu headed northbound 52 in the left lane attempted merging into the right hand lane. It struck a Saturn.

The Saturn then rear-ended a Honda Civic, causing the Civic to then hit a Ford Escape. The Honda Civic came to rest blocking the left lane, the Chevy Malibu and Saturn came to rest in the right lane, and the Ford Escape moved to the right hand shoulder after being rear-ended.

Four cars total were involved in the crash:

2017 Ford Escape

• Driver: Gary John Lesney, 64, Inver Grove Heights, MN, USA
• Injury type: Non-life Threatening

2008 Honda Civic

• Driver: Joseph Peter Yanish, 41, West Saint Paul

2000 Saturn SL

• Driver: David McLin, 28, Apple Valley
  • Injury type: Non-life Threatening
• Passenger: Hailey Marie Flynn, 20, Minneapolis
  • Injury type: Non-life Threatening
• Passenger: Anthony Keli Kawino, 33, Burnsville
  • Injury type: Fatal

2016 Chevy Malibu

• Driver: Megan Charol Severson, 20, Preston

It was the second fatal crash in the Twin Cities metro Thursday. Authorities are also investigating a crash on Highway 55 in Rosemount.