
(credit: State Patrol)
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 57-year-old Litchfield woman had to be rescued from an overturned truck in a water-filled ditch Tuesday evening, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
The incident was reported around 6 p.m. near Highway 7 and 200th Street.
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