Pedestrian hit by minivan at Blaine intersection dies four days later

June 27, 2023 at 12:21PM

A pedestrian who was hit by a minivan at a well-traveled Blaine intersection has died, officials said Monday.

David Wallace Johnson, 48, of Brooklyn Park, was struck shortly after 10:30 p.m. June 6 and died at HCMC four days later, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said.

Johnson was in the intersection of Hwy. 65 and NE. 109th Avenue when the minivan hit him, the State Patrol said.

The patrol declined to say Tuesday whether the driver, 61-year-old Eyob Afeworki, of Blaine, had the right of way. Afeworki, who remained at the scene after the crash, was not injured, the patrol said.

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