ST. MICHAEL, Minn. – Authorities say an 84-year-old man was struck and killed by a Minnesota sheriff’s deputy who was driving to a medical emergency.
The Minnesota State Patrol says Harold Welter was hit in a St. Michael driveway by Wright County Sheriff’s Deputy Dustin Hatzenbeller. The report said the road conditions were snowy and icy. Hatzenbeller, of Otsego, was not injured.
Welter was a lifelong resident of St. Michael. He spent 23 years on the St. Michael Fire Department. He served 14 years on the city council and was mayor from 1987 to 1991.
