Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Teen Killed in Thursday Car vs. Jogger Crash on Wright County 19 near Otsego
The Albertville Fire Department responded to the 8300 block of Wright County Road 19. A 19-year-old Monticello High School grad was identified as the young man killed in the accident. An Albertville woman is in the hospital.
UPDATE (10:45 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9): Wright County Sheriff's Department staff have identified the two people involved in Thursday's tragic accident north of Albertville.
The jogger who was struck and killed has been identified as Phillip Gregory LaVallee, 19, of Otsego.
The driver of the van was Linda Louise Gullickson, 67, of Albertville. Gullickson is being treated at North Memorial Medical Center for injuries sustained in the accident.
LaVallee was a captain of the Monticello High School track team and a standout student.
SEE ALSO: 'I'm Still in Shock. RIP Phillip': Social Media Mourns Phillip LaVallee
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Original Story:
A van struck and killed a pedestrian jogging along the side of County Road 19 in Otsego just after noon Thursday, the Wright County Sheriff's Office announced in a press release.
The pedestrian died at the scene. The driver of the 2007 Toyota van was airlifted to North Memorial in Robbinsdale. The sheriff's statement did not include the names of the people involved until notification of family.
The incident occurred in the 8300 block of County Rd. 19. The van was traveling northbound and crossed the center line and continued into the southbound shoulder of the road where the pedestrian was jogging, according to the sheriff's office's initial investigation.
The incident is under investigation by the sheriff's office and the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office.
The Albertville Fire Department and Allina also responded to the scene.
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