A Fridley police officer provided first aid. Witnesses to Columbia Heights incident said a silver passenger vehicle sped off.
Updates (10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Friday): The Anoka County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Friday morning that a pedestrian seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver in Columbia Heights early Friday was running across Central Avenue NE against a "Do Not Walk" signal. Here is the full text of the Anoka County Sheriff's Office news release: Pedestrian Hit and Run Accident under investigation in Columbia Heights On Friday, March 15, 2013 at 0145 AM, the Columbia Heights Police Department responded to a pedestrian who had been struck by a car on Central Ave NE at the intersection with 53d Ave NE. Witnesses’ at the scene state that southbound Central Ave traffic had a green semaphore as cars were approaching to go southbound through the …
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53rd Ave NE & Central Ave NE, Columbia Heights, MN
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Anoka County Sheriff's Office will give update on his case Monday.
The mystery of the man found critically injured along Hwy. 65 in Fridley Saturday continues to confound investigators. The man, who authorities have not identified except by age (23), was found lying in a snowy ditch in the 7300 block of Hwy. 65 at 3 a.m. Saturday with a traumatic head injury and was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center according to the Star Tribune. Fridley Police Lt. Mike Monsrud said that according to the latest information he had seen, the man was still in critical condition and not able to speak or tell anyone what happened. "We're waiting for him to get better," Monsrud said by email Monday morning, adding that the Anoka County Sheriff's Office was taking the lead on the investigation. Anoka County Sheriff's …
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7300 Highway 65 NE, Fridley, MN
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Southbound lanes close at noon on Friday; northbound lanes will close at 7 p.m.
Fridley City Council Member Jim Saefke said at the end of the council's meeting Monday evening at City Hall that he wanted everybody who uses state Hwy. 65/Central Avenue NE to know that the road would be closed this weekend. A detour will be set up on Mississippi Street NE, University Avenue NE (Hwy. 47) and Osborne Road NE to avoid the closure, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. (See MnDOT announcement here.) MnDOT has told Fridley officials that southbound Hwy. 65 will be closed from noon Friday, Oct. 28, until 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 31. The northbound roadway will close at 7 p.m., Friday and be open to traffic by noon, Monday. The route is being closed so that a rough railroad crossing at 73rd Avenue Avenue can be …
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Highway 65 NE & 73rd Ave NE, Fridley, MN
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