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Pedestrian, 54, fatally struck by pick-up truck in Fridley

FRIDLEY, Minn. — A 54-year-old Minneapolis man is dead after he was struck by a pick-up truck Thursday evening on a north metro road.

The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened at about 5:46 p.m. in Fridley.

The truck was traveling northbound on Highway 47 when it struck the man at Mississippi Street.

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The victim has not been identified. The driver of the truck is a 29-year-old Columbia Heights man.

The state patrol says alcohol wasn't a factor in this deadly accident.

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