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Driver hits pedestrian

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NISSWA — An 18-year-old Jenkins man was arrested and a pedestrian hospitalized following an Aug. 6 crash in the parking lot at Spirits of Nisswa on Smiley Road.

The Nisswa Police Department responded at 3:55 p.m. to an incident where a vehicle struck 67-year-old Janet E. Frederickson of New Ulm. The 18-year-old driver stated to police he backed up to leave the location and backed into the woman. Fredrickson was transported to Essentia Health-St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd and then transferred to North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale for non-life-threatening injuries.

The man was arrested for fourth-degree driving while intoxicated, possession of a controlled substance and no proof of insurance.

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