Bicyclist fatally struck by pickup truck

9:52 AM, Aug 1, 2012   |    comments
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BAXTER, Minn. - The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating after a bicyclist was struck and killed in Baxter Tuesday night.

Authorities say a pickup truck traveling through a Highway 371 intersection with a green light hit the bicyclist about 9:30 p.m.

Fifty-one-year-old Gregory Marsolek of Brainerd was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the pickup wasn't injured.

The Baxter Police Department and the Brainerd Fire Department assisted in the incident.

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