A woman died Saturday night after a pickup driver struck her on Lexington Avenue NE in Blaine, the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office says.
Blaine police were sent at about 7:17 p.m. Nov. 7 to Lexington Avenue NE and 125th Avenue NE on a report of a person walking in traffic. Shortly before an officer arrived, a man driving a pickup south on Lexington Avenue NE struck the woman as she walked in the lane of traffic, according to early information from the sheriff’s office.
Responders tried to save her at the scene. She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The sheriff’s office said the driver is cooperating.
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Later that evening, a driver struck and killed a man on Highway 65 at 125th Avenue NE, also in Blaine. The State Patrol identified him as Anthony Wallace Santeramo, 42, of Blaine.
Blaine police, the Minnesota State Patrol, the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office and the sheriff’s office are investigating the Lexington Avenue crash. The sheriff’s office did not release the woman’s name or age. No other details were released as of publication.
