MOOSE LAKE, MN (KDAL) – On Thursday afternoon, the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office received a report about a pedestrian in the ditch at Highway 73 and Jon Brown Drive in Moose Lake who may have been hit by a vehicle.
First responder efforts to resuscitate the victim were unsuccessful and the pedestrian died at the scene.
A short time later, the 21 year old driver of the vehicle that hit the victim was located and arrested.
The driver, from Pengilly, was taken to the Carlton County Jail on Criminal Vehicular Homicide charges.
Authorities believe that alcohol impairment was a contributing factor in the crash.
The name of the victim is being withheld until relatives have been notified.
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