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We received a shocking call. My 39yo mother-of-three sister-in-law was hit and killed while out on her long run training for her next marathon. She was out on some rural roads in central MN and a 25yo in a chevy truck claims he crested a hill and didn’t see her or her friend due to a raise in the road, but I looked at the location on Google earth and it is very difficult to understand how (especially in a truck) he didn’t see them. The scene made it clear that she was hit at a very high rate of speed. She and her husband were very involved in their local town and pastors of a local church. She has always loved running and just recently started getting more serious about longer distances.
I worry every time I toss my leg over the bike and head out for a ride… I don’t think I have ever given a second thought of cars being an issue when out on a run. More questions than answers… like how could they not hear the truck coming, how could he not stop. swerve, honk the horn, something… anything. We do think they were running on the right side of the road, so that may have limited their ability to see the truck coming. He hit her from behind.
Marie is on the left with her training partner on the right(who was not hit, but was running next to Marie when it happened.) She will be deeply missed. Embrace every single day moment you have here… be careful out there and be thankful for every sunrise.
Fundraiser for David Savage by Brandon Marlana Wenzel : Stand with Marie Savage’s Family in Loss
Crash In Cottonwood County Kills One PedestrianMon 4-29-2024
(Windom)- The Cottonwood County Sheriff?€™s Office shared some information about a Saturday crash that ended the life of a pedestrian. A call was received to the office on April 27th at around 8:18 am, when a report of an accident involving a motor vehicle and a pedestrian came in.
The accident was located on Cottonwood County Road 3, 1.5 miles east of Cottonwood County Road 2. First responders were paged to the scene. Further investigation determined that a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado, driven by a 25 year old male from rural Bingham Lake was eastbound on Cottonwood County Road 3. Two pedestrians were jogging, also eastbound on the road, and the car crested a hill, striking Marie Savage, age 39 of Mountain Lake. Savage was pronounced dead at the scene.
The accident remains under investigation, but a news release from Center Point Church the morning of the accident says that they were grieved to share the news that Pastor Marie had passed away, saying that the church was open to those who want to stop by and pray.
I worry every time I toss my leg over the bike and head out for a ride… I don’t think I have ever given a second thought of cars being an issue when out on a run. More questions than answers… like how could they not hear the truck coming, how could he not stop. swerve, honk the horn, something… anything. We do think they were running on the right side of the road, so that may have limited their ability to see the truck coming. He hit her from behind.
Marie is on the left with her training partner on the right(who was not hit, but was running next to Marie when it happened.) She will be deeply missed. Embrace every single day moment you have here… be careful out there and be thankful for every sunrise.
Fundraiser for David Savage by Brandon Marlana Wenzel : Stand with Marie Savage’s Family in Loss
Crash In Cottonwood County Kills One PedestrianMon 4-29-2024
(Windom)- The Cottonwood County Sheriff?€™s Office shared some information about a Saturday crash that ended the life of a pedestrian. A call was received to the office on April 27th at around 8:18 am, when a report of an accident involving a motor vehicle and a pedestrian came in.
The accident was located on Cottonwood County Road 3, 1.5 miles east of Cottonwood County Road 2. First responders were paged to the scene. Further investigation determined that a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado, driven by a 25 year old male from rural Bingham Lake was eastbound on Cottonwood County Road 3. Two pedestrians were jogging, also eastbound on the road, and the car crested a hill, striking Marie Savage, age 39 of Mountain Lake. Savage was pronounced dead at the scene.
The accident remains under investigation, but a news release from Center Point Church the morning of the accident says that they were grieved to share the news that Pastor Marie had passed away, saying that the church was open to those who want to stop by and pray.
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