Pedestrian struck, killed in western Wisconsin

TURTLE LAKE - Authorities in western Wisconsin are trying to find the vehicle that struck and killed a pedestrian on a highway.

The crash was reported just before 7:30 a.m. Thursday on Highway 8 near Upper Turtle Lake, between Almena and Turtle Lake. The pedestrian, identified as 26-year-old Logan Paulson, died at the scene.

The Barron County Sheriff's Department says Paulson, who lived in the area, was talking along Highway 8 when the vehicle struck him and left the scene sometime during the night.

Full story: WJFW

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