Culver man dies after car flips in water-filled ditch near Meadowlands

Zachary Nicholas Johnson was dead at the scene.

October 30, 2023 at 8:42PM

A man died Sunday morning after the car he was driving flipped into a water-filled ditch on Hwy. 7 in Meadowlands Township northwest of Duluth.

Zachary Nicholas Johnson, 25, of Culver, Minn., the car's only occupant, was dead at the scene, according to the St. Louis County Sheriff's Department.

It remains under investigation by the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office and the Sheriff's Department.

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