Officials suspect that a driver fatally struck a pedestrian at a rural intersection in St. Michael and left the scene.
Wright County sheriff's deputies were dispatched shortly before 11 p.m. Friday to NE. Ochoa Avenue and NE. 60th Street on a call about a man down in the road, the Sheriff's Office said Monday.
"It is believed that the adult male was possibly struck by a motor vehicle," a statement from the Sheriff's Office read.
Sheriff's Lt. Albert Lutgens said Tuesday that "we don't have anything yet to release" in connection with finding the driver and the vehicle involved. "We're working on it."
The pedestrian was identified Tuesday by his former girlfriend as 36-year-old Kyle D. Dixon.
"I was last person he talked to that night," Tara Crotteau told the Star Tribune. "He was going on his normal evening walk to clear his mind. I asked him to be safe. He said he would. I loved him so much."
Crotteau said Dixon was staying at his parents "a mile or two from where he got hit."
She said a three-hour drive was separating them, but "we decided for right now we should stay friends till we figure out things. ... We talked every day all day. We had the best summer of our lives. He treated me like a queen."
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact the Wright County Sheriff's Office at 763-682-1162.
