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Minn. Man, 84, Struck, Killed In Hit-And-Run

HERMANTOWN, Minn. (AP) -- Hermantown police are looking for the hit-and-run driver who struck and killed an 84-year-old man.

Police say Laurence Sundquist apparently was trying to get a newspaper from a roadside box when he was struck.

A motorist found Sundquist lying unconscious on the road and not breathing about 5 a.m. Thursday. The Duluth News Tribune reports Sundquist was pronounced dead at a hospital.

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