Alcohol suspected in Mahtowa Township accident – Cloquet Pine Journal

MAHTOWA TOWNSHIP — Authorities say alcohol may have been a factor in a car crash Tuesday afternoon on County Road 61 that left a man hospitalized.

According to a news release from the Carlton County Sheriff's Office, a passerby found a 37-year-old man on the ground next to a pickup truck on Highway 61 near Painted Lane in Mahtowa Township around 4:50 p.m.

The injured man, whose name and condition were not released, was taken by ambulance to Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth.

According to the release, officers determined the man was the sole occupant of the pickup truck and was traveling northbound on the highway when he crashed into the ditch. The sheriff's office is still investigating the accident.

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