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DULUTH, Minn. -- A teenager from southern Minnesota who was struck by a falling tree while camping in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on Sunday night remained in critical condition Tuesday at a Duluth hospital.

Jacob Walz, 14, of Rochester, was at Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center, where he was first airlifted following the Sunday night incident on Duncan Lake, about 3 miles northeast of Trail Center and just south of the Canadian border, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office reported.

Walz’s father, 43-year-old Craig Walz, died at the scene and his body was recovered Monday. Craig Walz was a high school teacher and the brother of U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, DFL-Mankato.

The incident was reported to authorities Sunday at about 10:25 p.m.