Man in custody in suspected fatal Moose Lake hit-and-run

The Pine Journal, Cloquet, Minn.
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Mar. 21—MOOSE LAKE — One person is dead after a suspected hit-and-run in Moose Lake, while a suspected driver is in custody.

According to a news release from the Carlton County Sheriff's Office, deputies received a report at 2:05 p.m. on Thursday, March 21 that a pedestrian was lying in the ditch at Minnesota Highway 73 and Jon Brown Drive and may have been struck by a vehicle.

Sheriff's deputies and the Moose Lake police chief responded to the scene and located the injured person. The news release indicated that efforts to resuscitate the injured pedestrian were unsuccessful and that the pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.

The sheriff's office said that the suspected driver of the vehicle, a 21-year old man from Pengilly, was later located and arrested for criminal vehicular homicide and taken to the Carlton County Jail. The News Tribune generally doesn't name suspects until they have been formally charged.

The name of the deceased has not yet been released, pending notification of next of kin.

Assisting the Carlton County Sheriff's Office and Moose Lake Police Department were the Minnesota State Patrol, Moose Lake Fire Department, Essentia Health Ambulance, the Midwest Medical Examiners Office and the Minnesota Department of Transportation.