Man hit and killed by truck after getting out of vehicle that went into ditch near St. Cloud

WRIGHT COUNTY, Minn. - A driver who got out of their vehicle after it went into a ditch was hit and killed by a pickup truck Tuesday evening on a snowy central Minnesota highway. The Minnesota State Patrol says the deadly crash happened at about 7:19 p.m. on Highway 24 in Clearwater Township, which is just southeast of St. Cloud.

The truck was heading southbound on the highway when it struck the victim - a 36-year-old man from Maple Lake - who was standing on the shoulder. His identity has not been released. The driver of the truck, a 34-year-old man from Kimball, was not hurt in the crash.

The state patrol says there were more than 800 crashes and spinouts on Minnesota roads during Tuesday's snow storm.