Authorities search in SW Minnesota for missing Marshall man Eds: APNewsNow.

MARSHALL, Minn. (AP) Authorities in southwestern Minnesota are looking for a 19-year-old Marshall man whose car apparently went into a ditch near Taunton.

Brandon Swanson has been missing since early Wednesday, when he called his father via cell phone. Authorities say Swanson told his father he had run his car into a ditch, but that he was not hurt.

His father called back, but that call ended abruptly.

Lyon County Sheriff Joel Dahl says he has no reason to think Swanson was impaired at the time of the accident.

Dahl says they're not calling the search a recovery effort yet, although part of the search has focused on the Yellow Medicine River and waters nearby. The waters are 10 feet deep in places. But the sheriff says the water has been receding, and that should help in the search Saturday.

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