The highway crash that injured the Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns on Thursday and led to the All-Star missing his first NBA game was caused when a semitrailer truck hit from behind the car he was riding in, authorities said Saturday.
The collision occurred about 1:30 p.m. in Minneapolis on southbound Interstate 35W near the 38th Street overpass as Towns was being driven to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport ahead of Friday’s road game vs. the New York Knicks, according to the State Patrol.
Wolves assistant strength coach Kurt Joseph, 29, was driving Towns to the airport when he slowed for traffic.