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Staples Man Taken to Hospital After Crashing Into Pond
STAPLES -- A Staples man was taken to the hospital after he fell asleep behind the wheel and drove into a pond.
The incident happened just before 6:30 a.m. Monday on Highway 10, about three miles northwest of Cushing.
Morrison County Sheriff Shawn Larsen says 56-year-old Ray Thompson was heading west on Highway 10 when he fell asleep and drove off the road into a pond. The vehicle became submerged in about three feet of water.
Thompson was taken to Lakewood Hospital with unknown injuries.
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