DULUTH, Minn. -- A man rescued from a vehicle that went into the Duluth harbor over the weekend remained in critical condition Monday at Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center.
Matthew Amerson, 25, was pulled from the icy waters of Superior Bay early Saturday morning.
The vehicle was “mostly submerged” when firefighters responded to the call at 2:18 a.m., a news release from the fire department said.
Amerson was the lone occupant in the vehicle that went into a slip and was retrieved within seven minutes, according to the fire department report.
No other vehicles were involved.
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With the assistance of Duluth police, the rescue crew was able to remove the vehicle from the water about 3:45 a.m. The U.S. Coast Guard also was on scene.
