A 42-year-old man died Saturday night after a pickup driver struck him on Highway 65 in Blaine, the Minnesota State Patrol says.
The crash happened at 7:48 p.m. Nov. 7 on northbound Highway 65 at 125th Avenue. The patrol said the driver of a 2012 Dodge Ram was heading north when the man entered the lane of traffic and the driver struck him.
The man who died was from Blaine, according to the patrol’s report. The patrol said it will release his name at noon Sunday.
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The pickup’s driver, a 41-year-old Ham Lake man, was not hurt. The report says he was wearing a seat belt and alcohol was not suspected. The road was dry and the pickup’s airbags did not deploy.
Blaine police and the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office also responded. There were no other details released as of publication.
