A young woman left a stalled pickup truck on foot with two others and was fatally run over by a car after dark on a far northern Minnesota highway while walking for help, authorities said.
Kimburly L. Loycano, 18, of International Falls, was struck about 5 miles north of Littlefork on Hwy. 71 about 10:45 p.m. Sunday, the State Patrol said Monday.
Loycano and two others started walking south on the highway toward a nearby home, the patrol said.
"Loycano walks into the lane of traffic, uses the flashlight on her phone to try to flag down oncoming traffic," Patrol Sgt. Neil Dickenson.
The car's driver, 38-year-old Steven W. Cassibo, of Littlefork, was heading in the same direction and "did not see her in the lane of traffic," Dickenson said.
Cassibo had on his seat belt and was not hurt. He also was not under the influence of alcohol, the patrol said.
