Patrol: Woman Seriously Hurt by Hit and Run Driver

PARK RAPIDS (WJON News) -- A woman suffered serious injuries when she was struck by a hit-and-run driver.

The Minnesota State Patrol says the incident happened at about 9:45 p.m. Friday on Highway 34 in Park Rapids.

Forty-one-year-old Alice Thunder of Park Rapids was walking along the eastbound lane of the highway when it appears she was struck by an unknown vehicle.

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Thunder was found on the north side of Highway 34 laying half in the traffic lane with a life-threatening injury to her head. She was transported by air to Sandford Health Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota.