Child fatally struck by Metro Transit bus in Brooklyn Park

A Metro Transit bus fatally struck a child on a busy highway Wednesday morning in Brooklyn Park.

The bus driver called authorities to report the collision in the northbound lanes of County Road 81 near 71st Avenue N. just before 6 a.m., said Metro Transit police spokeswoman Nikki Muehlhausen.

Paramedics joined by Metro Transit and Brooklyn Park police, Brooklyn Park Fire Department and the State Patrol arrived and attempted life-saving efforts. But the pedestrian died at 6:13 a.m., Muehlhausen said.

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