A 48-year-old Minneapolis man died early Friday after stepping out of his car on the shoulder of southbound Highway 169 in Shakopee and being struck by an oncoming BMW X5. The crash happened just before 2 a.m. near County Road 21, closing the southbound lanes for roughly four hours while troopers worked the scene and pieced together how it unfolded.
The Minnesota State Patrol identified the man killed as Abdulahi Mohamed Siad, reporting that he had gotten out of his vehicle on the right shoulder when the BMW hit him, according to KARE 11. Siad had been driving a Nissan Rogue that was struck by the southbound BMW while parked on the shoulder, according to FOX 9, which cited a Minnesota State Patrol crash report. The driver of the BMW, an 18-year-old Shakopee man, was not injured, per the same crash report.
Three passengers riding in Siad's Nissan Rogue escaped injury. State troopers identified them as a 23-year-old woman and a 24-year-old woman from Prior Lake, along with a 21-year-old woman from Inver Grove Heights, according to CBS News. Authorities have not disclosed why the Rogue was stopped on the shoulder in the first place, nor what ultimately led to the collision, per the FOX 9 report. Alcohol was not suspected to be a factor, authorities told the outlet.
Highway Closed for Hours as Troopers Reconstructed the Scene
Minnesota State Patrol troopers shut down the southbound lanes near County Road 21 for approximately four hours following the 1:59 a.m. collision, clearing the roadway and conducting a crash reconstruction, the KARE 11 report notes. The investigation has been formally logged as Case No. 26510134, a two-vehicle fatal incident on southbound U.S. Highway 169 at County Road 21, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.
Third Roadside Death in Weeks Fuels Concern Over Move Over Law
Troopers noted that Friday's crash was the third fatal incident in Minnesota within just a few weeks involving a pedestrian or driver standing outside a vehicle on a highway, per the KARE 11 report. It also marks the second deadly crash on this same stretch of Highway 169 in Shakopee in under a month — on August 3, a northbound passenger car crossed the median into southbound traffic and struck a semi-truck and a pickup truck, according to Bring Me The News.
The pattern raises fresh questions about compliance with Minnesota's Ted Foss Move Over Law, which requires drivers on multi-lane highways to shift over a full lane or slow down when approaching stopped emergency vehicles, service crews, or disabled civilian vehicles showing hazard lights or with people visibly present, per the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.
Statewide Fatality Numbers Trending Upward This Summer
Preliminary state crash data through August 27 logged 243 traffic fatalities on Minnesota roads so far this year, compared to 230 recorded over the same period in 2025, the state public safety department reported. That figure comes even after total traffic deaths across the state fell to 363 in 2025, a decline of more than 20 percent attributed to multi-agency safety interventions.
Nearly 300 Minnesota law enforcement agencies have been running extra speed and traffic safety enforcement from May 1 through September 2 to address elevated crash risks during the summer's so-called “100 deadliest days,” according to the state agency. Shakopee officials have previously joined similar statewide pushes, as Hoodline reported in coverage of the mayor's crackdown push earlier this year.
Authorities have not said what caused Siad to exit his vehicle on the shoulder or what led to the collision that followed, leaving key details of Friday's crash still unresolved as the state patrol's investigation continues.
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