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Duluth, MN – A Parkers Prairie man was injured in a car accident in Duluth Wednesday morning.
State troopers say a Chevy pickup driven by 59-year-old Michael Jay Ritten of Andover was pulling a boat on a trailer and heading south on Highway 61 when it left the road and entered the right ditch.
Ritten had minor injuries and was treated at the scene. His passenger, 84-year-old Michael Gerhard Ritten of Parkers Prairie, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
The crash remains under investigation.

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