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Body found in the road near Brainerd Sunday morning

Crow Wing County Sheriff's deputies said a passerby reported the body near Highway 371.
Credit: Courtesy KNSI Radio

CROW WING COUNTY, Minn. — Officials in Crow Wing County are investigating a death after a woman's body was found lying on the road Sunday morning. 

According to a post on social media from the Crow Wing County Sheriff''s Office, emergency dispatchers got a call around 5:40 a.m. Sunday, June 25 from a person who thought they saw a body lying in the road near Highway 371. 

When deputies arrived at the intersection of Killian Road and Legend Lane in Fort Ripley, they confirmed that it was the body was a dead woman.

Monday, the sheriff's office identified the woman as 49-year-old Angela Marie McClelland, of Fort Ripley. Investigators believe she died after being hit by a vehicle.

Law enforcement agencies, including the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) and Minnesota State Patrol, continue to investigate. Anyone who might've witnessed the incident is asked to call the CWCSO at 218-829-4749.

KARE 11 will update this article with more information as it is made available.

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