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A bicyclist was struck on Highway 45 early Tuesday morning.
According to a Minnesota State Patrol report, the driver of a Ford Focus was traveling southbound on Highway 45 and struck the cyclist in the roadway about one mile south of Interstate 35 at approximately 4:44 a.m. Tuesday.
The cyclist, 34-year-old Michael Lawrence Benson of Wrenshall, was transported with non-life threatening injuries to Essentia Health in Duluth, according to the MSP incident report. He was not wearing a helmet.
The driver of the Focus, Wrenshall’s 60-year-old Daryl Lloyd Bong, also had non-life threatening injuries...