(Emmetsburg)– A Graettinger man was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident on Sunday. The Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office says 61-year-old Todd Friesner was operating a 1988 Honda southbound in the 3000 block of 420th Avenue and was slowing to make a turn when the front tire locked up causing him to lose control. The motorcycle crashed on the west shoulder of the road.
Friesner was taken by private vehicle to Palo Alto County Hospital with incapacitating injuries.
A passenger, 45-year-old Heather Peterson of Graettinger, sustained minor injuries but didn’t seek immediate medical attention.



