Pedestrian killed while walking on Highway 47 in Blaine, state patrol says
BLAINE, Minn. — A 27-year-old Princeton man is dead after he was struck by an SUV early Saturday morning in Blaine.
The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened at about 5:46 a.m. on University Avenue/Highway 47 near 85th Street.
The victim, identified as Randy Bjurstrom, was walking in the highway's southbound lanes when he was hit. He died at the scene. The driver, a 32-year-old Anoka man, wasn't hurt.
The state patrol says alcohol wasn't a factor in this deadly crash.
