By Associated Press - Wednesday, November 21, 2018

SPRING LAKE PARK, Minn. (AP) - Authorities In the northern Twin Cities say a driver delivering dry ice to a McDonald’s died after he was overcome by a chemical leak.

The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office says the driver was found dead in a delivery truck outside the restaurant in Spring Lake Park on Wednesday morning.

Authorities say the man was delivering liquid carbon dioxide when a mechanical failure occurred. The man was trying to fix the problem when he was overcome.

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The name of the driver has not been released.

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