A man was struck and killed along a rural Dakota County road as he attempted to move the carcass of a deer he just hit from the roadway.
The man, identified by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office as Ricky Delbert Edstrom, 69, of Hastings, struck the deer at about 6:35 a.m. Wednesday as he was driving west on County Road 46 near General Sieben Drive in Marshan Township, the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office said.
Another driver who stopped at the scene to help saw an eastbound driver strike the man in the traffic lanes, a news release from Sheriff Joe Leko said.
Deputies arrived quickly and attempted lifesaving measures, but were unsuccessful, Leko said. His cause of death was listed as multiple blunt force injuries due to pedestrian versus vehicle collision.
The driver who hit the victim was uninjured and has been cooperative with the ongoing investigation, Leko said.
