A vehicle fatally struck a 78-year-old woman Sunday evening in Brooklyn Park, police said.
78-year-old struck, killed by car in Brooklyn Park ID’d
The victim died at the scene at W. Broadway and Candlewood Drive.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
July 9, 2024 at 11:28PM
The woman was struck at 6:07 p.m. at the intersection of W. Broadway and Candlewood Drive and died at the scene, police said.
She was identified Tuesday as Cuc Thi Tran of Chatsworth, Calif., according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office. She died of blunt-force injuries, the office said.
Tran was in a crosswalk crossing from the west side of the street to the east when she was struck, said Elliot Faust, a police department spokesman.
The motorist who hit the woman stopped at the scene and has been cooperating with the investigation, police said.
A total of 256,015 people attended the Great Minnesota Get-Together on its penultimate day.
