By Associated Press - Monday, May 29, 2017

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) - A Stewartville man was killed over the weekend when he was struck by a pickup truck while walking across a street in Rochester.

Police say 61-year-old Leslie Kruegel was struck shortly after 9:30 p.m. Sunday, and emergency responders were unable to save him.

The Post-Bulletin of Rochester reports (https://bit.ly/2sevOn8 ) that the 24-year-old man driving the pickup told police he didn’t see Kruegel, who was not in a crosswalk. The incident is still under investigation.



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