The Hennepin County medical examiner's office identified the man struck and killed by an Xcel Energy truck Monday as Crisostomo Sanchez-Sanchez of Richfield.
Sanchez-Sanchez, 29, died at the scene from injuries he sustained Monday after being trapped under an Xcel Energy truck after it jumped the curb and hit him at 86th Street and Nicollet Avenue, authorities said.
The Xcel truck was pulling a trailer and headed south on Nicollet Avenue at 6:53 a.m. when it swerved to avoid a car that was making a left turn from northbound Nicollet onto westbound 86th Street. The truck left the roadway, hit Sanchez-Sanchez and a utility pole on the southwest corner of the intersection.
"We are deeply saddened by this tragic accident and our sympathies and thoughts are with the victim's family at this most difficult time," said Chris Clark, Xcel Energy Minnesota president.
Karen Zamora
