A woman on a Minnesota highway late at night was fatally struck by a semitrailer truck, authorities said.
Semi fatally hits woman on highway in Renville County
The State Patrol has not addressed why the woman was on the highway late at night.
August 23, 2017 at 1:41AM
The incident occurred shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday along Hwy. 212 east of Hector Township, a Renville County community roughly 20 miles southwest of Hutchinson, the State Patrol said.
The woman was identified as Kara D. Dirtseller, 29, of Sisseton, S.D. The patrol has yet to detail why Dirtseller was in the eastbound lane of the highway.
The truck driver, Randy L. Roush, of New Auburn, Minn., was not hurt.
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