MINNEAPOLIS — One man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a woman crossing the road on a mobility scooter in Minneapolis.
Police said the incident was spotted by officers responding to an overdose call around 2:30 p.m. Monday. The woman, identified by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office as 70-year-old Rosie Lee Means of Minneapolis, was heading south along Aldrich Avenue before being struck by a vehicle as she crossed over West Broadway Avenue.
Police said the driver did not stop and drove away.
First responders took Means to the hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
According to an MPD spokesperson, the suspect vehicle was found Tuesday morning on Highway 100 in Brooklyn Park.
Just before noon Tuesday, St. Anthony police officers arrested a 21-year-old man in St. Anthony. MPD said he was booked into Hennepin County Jail on suspicion of murder.
Police said more details will be available soon.
This is a developing story.