Pedestrian Dies After Being Struck By Car Near Shakopee

JACKSON TOWNSHIP (WJON News) -- One person has died after being hit by a car on Friday morning near Shakopee.

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The Minnesota State Patrol  says at about 6:00 a.m. an SUV driven by 45-year-old Nicole Rogers of Jordan was going south on Highway 169 when she saw a stalled car on the right shoulder. Rogers switched to the left lane and hit 25-year-old Firaol Merbratu of Marshall who was standing in the road. Merbratu died at the scene.

Rogers and a passenger in her SUV 30-year-old Elizabeth Estes were not hurt. Alcohol was a factor with Merbratu in the incident.

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