Stillwater Driver Crashes Into Tree After Being Shot In Saint Paul

Police say a Stillwater driver crashed into a tree in Saint Paul early Friday after being shot. The 43-year-old man is expected to survive his injuries. Officers were called to the scene of Grand Avenue and Dale Street in Saint Paul's Summit Hill neighborhood just after 2 a.m. and found the unconscious driver bloodied and slumped over. He was taken to Regions Hospital.

The man told police he was shot near a school but didn't provide much more information than that and was uncooperative, police told the Pioneer Press. Drug paraphernalia was found in the man’s car, authorities said.

Read much more at the Pioneer Press.

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