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Edina man killed, woman injured in North Shore crash

Douglas Paul Junker died Tuesday night at the scene along Hwy. 61.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
September 18, 2024 at 10:03PM
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DULUTH — An Edina man died following a single-car crash along the North Shore of Lake Superior on Tuesday night, according to a news release from Cook County.

Douglas Paul Junker was dead at the scene of the accident on Hwy. 61, and Joanne Marie Bergstadt, also of Edina, was taken to a hospital in Duluth. Her condition is not known. According to WTIP radio, the car went off the road and crashed through a fence alongside a bike path and into a wooded area.

The Cook County Sheriff’s Department and Minnesota State Patrol are investigating the accident.

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