WRIGHT COUNTY, Minn. – A driver who got out of their vehicle after it went into a ditch was hit and killed by a pickup truck Tuesday evening on a snowy central Minnesota highway.
The State Patrol says the deadly crash happened at about 7:19 p.m. on Highway 24 just southeast of St. Cloud.
The truck was heading southbound on the highway when it struck the victim, a 36-year-old man from Maple Lake, who was standing on the shoulder. His identity has not been released.
The driver of the truck, a 34-year-old man from Kimball, was not hurt in the crash.
The State Patrol says there were more than 800 crashes and spin-outs on Minnesota roads during Tuesday’s snowstorm.
