Minnesota Girl Killed in Bike-Pickup Crash

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Prior Lake, MN (KROC-AM News) - A motorist was arrested last night after a young girl riding a bike was fatally injured in a collision with a vehicle in a far southern Twin Cities suburb.

Police in Prior Lake say the 8-year-old victim was riding a bike with her mother when she was struck by a pickup at an intersection in a residential neighborhood near the Mystic Lake Casino complex just before 8 PM. A news release says the child was transported to a hospital in Shakopee, where she died from her injuries.

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Prior Lake Police say the pickup driver remained at the and was arrested on suspicion of criminal vehicular homicide. He was identified as 47-year-old Joseph Ray Jacobson and is currently being held in the Scott County Jail.

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The name of the crash victim has not been released.

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