🌱 Family injured in serious rural Spicer crash involving a payloader
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- Family injured in serious rural Spicer crash involving a payloader
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• Five injured after van collides with payloader in rural Spicer, Minnesota (wctrib.com) — A family from Spicer was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after their van struck a payloader’s bucket Monday evening on County Road 9 in rural Spicer. The 44-year-old local driver and four passengers were hurt, while the payloader operator from Evansville was uninjured. Spicer First Responders, Spicer Fire, county rescue and CentraCare Ambulance all assisted. 
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