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HAWLEY, Minn. (KFGO) – Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting says its believed that road conditions played a role in the death of a Detroit Lakes man whose body was recovered from a slough near Hawley last week.
Empting says it appears 27-year-old Tyler McCloskey drove off the wet and slush-covered gravel road shortly before noon last Wednesday.
McCloksey’s body was floating in the slough when a Hawley police officer responded later in the day. Valley Water Rescue helped a tow service recover the vehicle.
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