St. Paul pedestrian struck and killed early Saturday morning on Highway 52
The state patrol's website contained the following details about the fatality:
About 2:13 a.m. Saturday, Mark Anthony Todd, 62, of Cottage Grove, was driving a 2012 Subaru Forester south on Highway 52 at Alabama Street when his vehicle struck a pedestrian.
Cher Vang, 46, was walking on the roadway when he was hit and killed, the report said.
The roads were wet at the time.
The Subaru driver was not injured in the crash.
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