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Madalyn Zwiefelhofer, Lone Survivor Of Wisconsin Girl Scout Crash, Returns Home

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- The only survivor of a Girl Scout tragedy is home Wednesday night.

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Ten-year-old Madalyn Zwiefelhofer's mother announced on Facebook that she got out of the hospital the day before Thanksgiving.

Madalyn Zwiefelhofer Comes Home
Madalyn Zwiefelhofer and her family (credit: Dianne Zwiefelhofer/Facebook)

A driver hit Zwiefelhofer, three other troop members and a mother as they picked up trash along a highway in Wisconsin earlier this month. None of the others survived.

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Zwiefelhofer suffered internal injuries and broken bones. Police say the driver told them he huffed a can of air duster before the crash.

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