Minnesota Construction Worker Struck by Hit-And-Run Vehicle
HINKLEY (WJON News) -- A construction worker was taken to the hospital after he was struck by a driver allegedly under the influence of alcohol.
The Minnesota State Patrol says the incident happened Friday just after 11:30 a.m. on Interstate 35 in Pine County near Hinkley.
Sixty-four-year-old James Carey of Edina was driving north in a construction zone when he struck the construction worker who was on the right-hand shoulder.
The vehicle did not stop at the scene but was found a short time later on the interstate near Moose Lake where he stopped and was taken into custody.
The construction worker who was hurt is 27-year-old Joseph Flanagan of Duluth. He was taken to Essentia Health in Sandstone with non-life-threatening injuries.
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