Pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle on I-94 ramp
Police investigate along the I-94 ramp at Broadway. (FOX 9)
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A woman died early Wednesday morning after she was struck by a vehicle on the entrance ramp to Interstate 94 from West Broadway Avenue in Minneapolis.
The woman, later identified on Thursday as 21-year-old Alexandra Joyce Renee Perkins from Hopkins, died at the scene after being struck by a 31-year-old St. Paul man driving a 2008 BMW SUV on the ramp from West Broadway onto I-94 southbound.
Troopers say Perkins was crossing through the intersection at the entrance ramp when she was hit by the vehicle around 3:30 a.m.
The driver is now being held in Hennepin County Jail on a charge of probable cause vehicular homicide. Formal charges have not yet been filed in the case.