VIDEO: Powerful Minnesota winds drag state trooper several feet before knocking him down

Friday, April 12, 2019
MINNESOTA (KGO) -- We've had some strong wind in the Bay Area, but nothing quite like this scene out of Minnesota.

The gusts were so powerful that a state trooper was pushed back several feet before eventually being knocked to the ground.
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In the video, it appears he's trying to fight it, but the ice on the ground didn't do him any favors.

Luckily, the trooper was not injured.
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He was responding to a jack-knifed semi truck in Lakefield when it happened.
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