Pickup Truck Driver Fatally Strikes Northern Minnesota Girl Riding Bicycle

CBS Minnesota

September 8, 2025

Authorities in northeastern Minnesota are investigating after a man driving a pickup truck hit and killed a young girl on a bicycle Friday evening.

An off-duty patrol officer with the Cloquet Police Department called dispatch at 5:10 p.m. to report a child had been struck by a pickup truck in Wrenshall, according to the Carlton County Sheriff's Office.

While waiting for first responders to arrive, the off-duty officer rendered aid to the girl and coordinated the response to the crash scene.

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