Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) – The victim and driver involved in a fatal vehicle-pedestrian crash near Lake Ida on Sunday morning have been identified by law enforcement.
According to the Becker County Sheriff’s Office, on June 18 at 4:04 a.m., emergency dispatchers received a call from a woman who said she possibly hit someone with her vehicle who was laying in the middle of the roadway on County Road 4, near the intersection at Dahlgren Beach Road in Lake Park Township.
Upon arrival, first responders pronounced the victim, 29-year-old Hunter Duane Standfield of Dilworth, dead at the scene.
The driver of the vehicle was identified as 32-year-old Samantha Mary Qualley of Lake Park
The incident remains under an active investigation.

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