A Sauk Centre man was injured Saturday night after a pistol was accidentally discharged.

The Sauk Centre Police Department was investigating a single vehicle crash on Main Street North after a pick-up truck left the roadway, striking an electrical box. During their investigation officers learned a person was at CentraCare-Sauk Centre Hospital with a gunshot wound. The gunshot happened in Ashley Township.

The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office responded to Sauk Centre shortly after 10:30 p.m. They determined 32-year-old Justin Henrichs and 38-year-old Jason Ruegemer of Villard were at a house in Ashley Township when a pistol Henrichs was handling accidentally discharged, striking him in the hand.

The crash took place when Ruegemer was driving Henrichs to CentraCare-Sauk Centre Hospital for treatment of Henrichs’ gunshot wound.

Henrichs’ injuries are considered non-life threatening.