Two men were killed early Friday morning when their pickup truck rolled multiple times on a central Minnesota road and landed in a ditch.
Morrison County sheriff's deputies received a report around 1:30 a.m. of a rolled vehicle along Haven Road in Ripley Township, according to a news release. The bodies of Charles Robert Duscher, 53, of Fort Ripley, and Robert Allen Schwanke, 59, of Royalton, were found on the ground near the 1997 Chevy pickup truck. They appeared to have been thrown from the truck, authorities said.
A third man, Donald John Duscher, 56, of Little Falls, was found injured in the truck and taken to a St. Cloud hospital, the release said. He was in fair condition Friday afternoon.
Ripley Township is about 20 miles south of Brainerd. The sheriff's office and the State Patrol are investigating.
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