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Charles R. Lord, 65, killed, after he is struck by a van, driven by a 32-year-old man, who fled the scene, at the intersection of W. Broadway and Logan Avenue N. in Minneapolis.

Date:

Thursday, April 24, 2014

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A driver on probation for a traffic offense was jailed Saturday on suspicion of criminal vehicular homicide in connection with the Friday night death of a Minneapolis mail handler.

Charles R. Lord, 65, died at North Memorial Medical Center at 1:39 a.m. Saturday — 3½ hours after the accident at W. Broadway and Logan Avenue N., according to the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office.

A 32-year-old suspect ran away from the scene after Lord was run over on a sidewalk and the van ran into a building shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, police said.

Kevin Hough, 55, killed, Gary Ferm, 53, seriously injured, transported to hospital, after a two-vehicle head-on crash at the intersection of westbound Highway 55 and Lexington Avenue in Mendota Heights.

Date:

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Area:

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

A man killed in a crash that shut down part of westbound Highway 55 at Lexington Avenue in Mendota Heights has been identified.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Kevin Hough, 55, of Farmington was killed when he was hit by 53-year-old Gary Ferm of Bloomington, who was eastbound on Hwy. 55. Ferm's vehicle veered into the westbound lanes and hit Hough.

Ferm suffered non-life threatening injuries, the state patrol said.

Roads were dry at the time.