Officials ID man pinned and killed by pickup at Walmart in southern Minnesota

A man was pinned against a wall of a big-box store in southern Minnesota by a reversing pickup truck and was killed, officials said.

The incident occurred about 9:45 a.m. Monday at the Walmart in Faribault, near the Hwy. 60 exit for Interstate 35, police said.

Officers arrived and found the victim, 74-year-old Steven Patrick Clark, of Medford, Minn., conscious, somewhat alert and complaining of back and pelvic pain, a police statement read.

Fire and ambulance personnel gave Clark immediate medical attention, but his “condition quickly deteriorated, and he subsequently died from his injuries at Allina Health Faribault Medical Center,” the statement continued.

Steven Francis Dyrdahl, 68, of rural Kenyon, Minn., was identified as the driver who backed into Clark.

According to police:

Clark left the Walmart liquor store and was walking around the southeast corner of the building at the same time Dyrdahl was backing up his pickup to park parallel to the south side of the building.

Dyrdahl remained at the scene during the incident.

“Although the incident remains an active investigation, impairment by alcohol or other substances was ruled out as a contributing factor,” the police statement noted.