Pedestrian hit, killed in Arlington

A pedestrian was hit and killed in a crash in Arlington on Saturday night.

The incident happened at about 10 p.m. on Highway 5 at 4th Ave NW in Arlington.

Killed was Higinio Carrillo Pabalo, 62, of Guatemala.

The Minnesota State Patrol says an SUV was westbound on Highway 5 when it struck Pabalo, who was crossing the highway.  Pabalo died at the scene.

The SUV driver, 30-year-old Carolina Elizabeth Hernandez, of Mankato, wasn’t injured.  Hernandez did not have alcohol in her system.

The crash report says it’s unknown whether Pabalo was impaired by alcohol.