Mahnomen Fatal Update

MAHNOMEN, MN—Here’s an update to a story R&J News told you Friday.  The pedestrian who was killed early Friday morning on Highway 59 south of Mahnomen has been identified.  The Minnesota State Patrol says 40-year-old Lee Edmond Defoe of Waubun was walking southbound on Highway 59 around 6:30am Friday when he was struck and killed by a pickup truck driven by 39-year-old Zachary Mehr of St. Cloud.  Mehr was driving southbound.  He was not injured.  The State Patrol says the accident report should be complete.