Zumbrota, MN (KROC-AM News) - A Rochester man was killed and another person was injured in a single-car crash Wednesday afternoon in Zumbrota.

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The Minnesota State Patrol reports that 76-year-old Wayne Peterson was driving north just after Noon at the intersection of Highway 58 and West 9th St. when he lost control of the vehicle and struck a tree.

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Peterson was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger identified as 76-year-old Sharon Peterson of Rochester was transported to St. Mary’s Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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