Deadly All-Terrain Vehicle Crash Near Lewiston

Lewiston, MN (KROC-AM News) - An elderly Winona County man was killed Thursday morning while driving an all-terrain vehicle.

Winona County Sheriff Ron Granrude says the fatal incident was reported shortly after 9 AM along Winona County Road 25 north of Lewiston. A 911 caller indicated that there had been a collision involving a pickup and a UTV.

The Sheriff says 85-year-old Willard Ruben Prigge was in the UTV and was driving out of a farm driveway when he collided with a northbound pickup truck driven by a 17-year-old boy. The teenage motorist indicated the UTV did not stop when it came out onto the County Road and despite his efforts to avoid a collision, the UTV crashed into the passenger side rear quarter panel of the pickup.

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The collision sent the UTV into the ditch where it rolled over. Both Prigge and the 17-year-old boy were transported to the Winona hospital where the elderly man was pronounced dead about 90 minutes after the crash occurred. The teenage pickup driver, whose name was not released, was treated for unknown injuries.

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