Car spins out, fatally strikes pedestrian on Highway 169 in Plymouth, Minn.

PLYMOUTH, Minn. (KMSP) - Plymouth police confirm a person has died after they were hit near Highway 169 and Bass Lake Road early Saturday morning. A total of four people have died on Minnesota roads since Friday morning.

Officers responded to the scene around 12:13 a.m. where they learned that a car spun off the road, striking a pedestrian who was assisting another person who spun out. The car then went into a ditch.

The pedestrian was announced dead at the scene. It is believed that the driver is OK.
Impairment is not suspected.

State Patrol is investigating the incident.

A 58-year-old St. Paul man died around 9:30 p.m. Friday when his pickup spun out and rolled on Highway 169 in Princeton. His name hasn't been released.
 
Two others died in storm-related crashes Friday morning, including a 44-year-old Duluth trucker who went off I-35 into the St. Louis River in Scanlon, and a 26-year-old Pierz man who died in a crash on Highway 25 near Brainerd.