La Crescent Police Chief Todd Nelson describes the rescue of two people in a car and the death of a third
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La Crescent Police Chief Todd Nelson says public safety personnel put themselves at great risk to help people in the floodwater.
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La Crescent Police Chief Todd Nelson says three people were trapped in Pine Creek during the flood. When rescuers arrived, they found two women clinging to trees. A third person, a man, had his leg pinned between his car and a tree. He was David Thomas Blackburn, 37, of Spring Grove. He died.
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