A pedestrian crossing a highway against a red light was struck and killed Thursday night in St. Cloud.
Judith Dvorak Ramirez, 57, of St. Cloud, was crossing the westbound lanes of Hwy. 10 at St. Germain Street E. when she was struck by a Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck about 11:30 p.m., the State Patrol said.
The driver had a green light, according the patrol's crash report.
Ramirez died at the scene.
The pickup truck driver was identified by the patrol as Julie Ann Gowen, 55, of Breezy Point, Minn. She was wearing a seat belt and was not hurt, the patrol said. Alcohol did not appear to be a factor, the patrol said.
Also Thursday, a 2-year-old boy in a stroller was killed when a pickup truck struck him and the 16-year-old girl pushing him on the shoulder of Hwy. 65 in Itasca County, according to the patrol.
Alexia Nicole Carroll was walking south on the highway's right shoulder near Milepost 188, north of Nashwauk, at 1:17 p.m. when the southbound pickup crossed onto the shoulder and hit her and Logan Dean Klennert, the child in the stroller, the patrol said. The pickup then fled the scene.
It was found near Nashwauk by patrol officers and sheriff's deputies, who arrested the driver, Jake Michael Place, 38, of Nashwauk. He was booked into the Itasca County jail on suspicion of criminal vehicular homicide involving a hit and run, criminal vehicular operation that caused great bodily harm, and driving under the influence of a controlled substance.
