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TZD Star Awards are given annually to recognize those individuals who have shown leadership and creativity with extraordinary efforts to improve traffic safety and build partnerships with others working towards the same goal.

Sheriff Kevin Torgerson received the Toward Zero Deaths (TZD) Distinguished Public Leadership Award for Greater Minnesota.

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Just before the helicopter lost control, McDonald declared a missed approach, likely due to the loss of visual contact with the runway. But a combination of factors caused an increase in torque and the helicopter accelerated into a spin before crashing.