An 11-year-old Wrenshall, Minn., girl was fatally struck by a pickup truck early Friday evening.
Avery Anderson was riding her bicycle on Broadway Street near Crestwood Drive when she was hit by a vehicle driven by a 49-year-old man from Summerville, S.C. Carlton County deputies found no sign of impairment and he was cooperative at the scene, according to a news release.
An off-duty Cloquet police officer was at the scene and began lifesaving efforts. Anderson was taken by Life Link III to Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis, where she later died.
