Road worker hit by SUV near Prior Lake dies days later The SUV s 87-year-old driver and his passenger were unhurt. July 2, 2021 6:11pm Text size Copy shortlink:
A road worker who was hit by an SUV driver west of Prior Lake has died, authorities said Friday.
Ricardo Perez, 59, of Thief River Falls, Minn., was struck shortly after noon Monday in Spring Lake Township, according to the Scott County Sheriff s Office.
The driver was heading north on Marschall Road, where he struck Perez, who was directing traffic in a work zone north of E. 170th Street, the Sheriff s Office said.
Perez was taken to HCMC in Minneapolis, where he died Thursday afternoon, the Sheriff s Office said.