WAYZATA, Minn. (AP) - Authorities say a Wayzata police officer was struck and killed while trying to remove debris from a highway.
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office says Officer William Mathews had pulled over to the side of eastbound Highway 12 about 12:30 p.m. Friday when he was struck by a car. The 47-year-old Mathews was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Authorities say the driver of the car, a 54-year-old Mound woman, stopped immediately and was cooperative. Records obtained by KSTP-TV show that she had a revoked license and a history of traffic violations.
Investigators say it could take weeks to finish the investigation.
Mathews had been with the department for nine years. He was married and the father of a 7-year-old boy.
Wayzata Police Chief Mike Risvold called it “an enormously sad day.”
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