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Authorities say one person died late Sunday night after their vehicle was struck by a car fleeing an attempted traffic stop in St. Paul.

The Minnesota State Patrol said it started at about 11:15 p.m. along Interstate 94 at Marion Street when a driver pulled over for speeding fled the traffic stop.

In a statement Monday morning, the patrol said troopers and other law enforcement agencies pursued the vehicle for a brief time before calling off the pursuit.

A state patrol helicopter located the fleeing vehicle and tracked it until it crashed minutes later into a vehicle in a parking lot near the corner of Larpenteur Avenue East and Arcade Street on the St. Paul-Maplewood border.

The parked vehicle was occupied and that person died from their injuries. That person’s name has not been released.

The driver of the vehicle that allegedly fled the traffic stop — identified as a 28-year-old man from Minneapolis — fled the crash scene on foot and was later arrested by a Ramsey County deputy. He was taken to the Ramsey County Jail. The patrol said he suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the crash.

The patrol said Monday that the investigation into the crash remains “open and active.”

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Authorities say one person died late Sunday night after their vehicle was struck by a car fleeing an attempted traffic stop in St. Paul.


State patrol: 1 dead after driver fleeing traffic stop crashes into parked vehicle in St. Paul

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