Clarks Grove man injured after vehicle crashes into tree near Alden

Published 10:27 am Friday, September 30, 2016

A Clarks Grove man was injured Thursday after a vehicle struck a tree outside Alden.

Shawn Dufrene, 25, was transported to Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea with an injury deemed not life-threatening, according to the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office.

Dufrene was attempting to connect his Bluetooth device when the vehicle he was driving veered off the road and struck a tree near the intersection of 680th Avenue and 240th Street outside Alden, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

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The crash was reported at 10:48 a.m.

Dufrene was reportedly able to walk at the scene.

Additional information on the crash was not available.

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