Police say death of Moorhead taxi driver is a homicide

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Police say the death of a man whose body was found Wednesday in a taxi in south Moorhead is being investigated as a homicide.

Officers were called to a single-vehicle crash in the 3000 block of 20th St. S.  A taxi appeared to have been traveling eastbound when it drove over the road, crossed the railroad tracks, and came to a rest on the east side of the 20th St. railroad tracks.

Capt. Deric Swenson says when police arrived, the victim was located in the driver’s seat of the taxi “with suspicious trauma” to his body.  Swenson would not comment on a possible cause of the trauma.

Moorhead police are being assisted by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office and the Minn. Bureau of Apprehension.

Anyone with information is asked to call Moorhead Police at 701-451-7660 and ask to speak to a supervisor, or submit a tip HERE.