Man airlifted to hospital after hit-and-run in northern MN

KINNEY, Minn. — A 26-year-old man is in the hospital with serious injuries after a hit-and-run incident in northern Minnesota Thursday afternoon.

According to the St. Louis County Attorney's Office, emergency responders were dispatched shortly before 5 p.m. to the report of a man found lying in the ditch on the 5300 block of Highway 25, which is just south of Kinney.

When responders arrived, the victim was located and officials say they determined he had been struck by a motorist who then fled the scene. He was airlifted to a hospital in Duluth.

The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office is investigating the incident along with the Minnesota State Patrol.

Kinney is located about 71 miles northwest of Duluth.