A 29-year-old man has died after the car he was a passenger in was rear-ended in Inver Grove Heights Friday night.
Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed of Minneapolis was a passenger in a 2003 Pontiac Grand Am traveling westbound on Minnesota 62 at about 9:30 p.m. when it reportedly came to a stop in the right lane west of Robert Trail, according the Minnesota State Patrol.
The car was then struck by a 2016 Dodge Ram driven by Jamey Scott Ralph Strand, 37, of Brooklyn Center. He was taken to Regions Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
The driver of the Pontiac, Anwar Ibrahim Yahia Abdiwahed, 25, of Minneapolis, and another passenger in the car were also taken to Regions with injuries that were not life-threatening.
The State Patrol said drugs appear to be a factor in the crash.