Mayor Howard Prushek struck and killed while changing flat tire on Highway 6 in Remer, Minnesota

REMER, Minn. (AP) - A small town in northern Minnesota lost its mayor and a teacher in separate deadly accidents on the same day and on the same stretch of highway. The State Patrol says Mayor Howard Prushek was changing a flat tire on his pickup Wednesday along Highway 6 when he was struck by a van and killed. WDIO-TV reports Prushek had been mayor for a year, but a City Council member for 17 years.