A Rice County Sheriff's Office deputy struck and killed a Faribault, Minn., woman in Morristown early Saturday morning.
Rice County deputy strikes, kills woman with squad car in Morristown
Sheriff says deputy was on-duty but not responding to an emergency at time of crash.
January 29, 2022 at 11:54PM
The victim, 52-year-old Stephanie Marie Wesley, is thought to have been in the roadway, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. The on-duty deputy, 46-year-old Trevor Ray Peterson, also of Faribault, was not injured.
Peterson was driving a squad car near the intersection of Highway 60 and Holland Avenue around 2 a.m. and was not responding to an emergency at the time, according to a statement from Rice County Sheriff Jesse J. Thomas.
Deputies attempted lifesaving efforts, and local fire and rescue responded, but Wesley was pronounced dead at the scene.
The State Patrol is handling the investigation. No further information has been made available.
The governor said it may be 2027 or 2028 by the time the market catches up to demand.
