KINNEY, Minnesota — A 26-year-old man is in hospital with serious injuries after a crash in northern Minnesota Thursday afternoon.
According to the St. Louis County Prosecutor’s Office, emergency responders were called shortly before 5 p.m. to a report of a man lying in a ditch on the 5300 block of Highway 25, just south of Kinney.
When responders arrived, the victim was located and officials say they determined he had been struck by a motorist who then fled the scene. He was airlifted to a hospital in Duluth.
The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident along with the Minnesota State Patrol.
Kinney is located approximately 71 miles northwest of Duluth.
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