Gilbert, MN : 85-year-old pedestrian killed in Gilbert crash on Wednesday night, October 26, 2016

An 85-year-old woman died in an apparent hit-and-run incident in Gilbert on Wednesday night.

Florence Mannelin, 85, of Makinen was a pedestrian who was had been seen walking across the 100 block of Broadway just before 7 p.m. when she was struck by a vehicle that did not stop and continued north on Broadway, the Minnesota State Patrol reported.

Gilbert police chief Ty Techar confirmed Thursday night that a suspect had been arrested and booked into the St. Louis County Jail in Virginia. A 57-year-old man was booked by Gilbert police on a preliminary charge of criminal vehicular homicide, according to the online jail roster.

Mannelin was transported to Essentia Health-Virginia, where she was pronounced dead.

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