(Spencer)– A Minnesota man escaped injury early Monday when a vehicle he was driving wound up in the Dan Green Slough wetland area.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called after getting a report of a suspicious person in the area of 390th Street and 300th Avenue. Upon investigating it was determined that sometime overnight 64-year-old Steven Bixby of Round Lake, Minnesota, had been backing a 2005 Chrysler Town and Country van from a bridge out sign at a high rate of speed and went into the east ditch. The vehicle collided with a sign and proceeded into the slough, where it came to a stop.
Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $3,500 while the sign sustained an estimated $170 in damage.
Bixby was cited for failure to maintain control.
