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Caledonia driver dies in two-car accident

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6 years ago

December 20, 2018

A driver from Caledonia has been killed in a two-car crash in the Nodine area.

Eighty-three-year-old Aldred Fruechte of Caledonia tried to cross Highway 61 from Miller Valley Road on Tuesday, when his car was struck by a southbound vehicle on 61.

Fruechte died after being taken to Mayo in La Crosse for treatment.

The other driver, a woman from Sparta, had minor injuries.

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