Aug 13, 2018

Archived: Woman Hit By Car In St. Cloud Pronounced Dead At Scene

A woman has died Saturday evening after being struck with a sedan in west St. Cloud.

St. Cloud Police say a 59-year-old woman was walking north in the outside lane of West St. Germain Street with northbound traffic. When 84-year-old Joan Bestgen was also driving North in the outside lane and struck the woman near the intersection of 18th Street South.

A passing Gold Cross Ambulance came by and performed life saving measures on  but were not successful. The body was taken to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy. The crash caused all of West St. Germain Street to close for several hours while the Minnesota State Patrol and St. Cloud Police investigated.

Bestgen has been cooperating with authorities after the crash. 

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